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circumnuclear

circumnuclear adjective: surrounding, or rotating around, a nucleus.

Adjective

circumnuclear (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding, or rotating around, a nucleus.

Origin of circumnuclear

From circum- + nuclear.

Questions about circumnuclear

What does circumnuclear mean?
Circumnuclear means surrounding, or rotating around, a nucleus.
What part of speech is circumnuclear?
Circumnuclear is an adjective.

Words near circumnuclear in the dictionary

  1. circumnavigator
  2. circumnavigators
  3. circumnavigatory
  4. circumnebular
  5. circumneutral
  6. circumnuclear
  7. circumnutate
  8. circumnutated
  9. circumnutates
  10. circumnutating
  11. circumnutation

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