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nucleate

nucleate adjective: having a nucleus; nucleated.

Adjective

nucleate (comparative more nucleate, superlative most nucleate)

  1. Having a nucleus; nucleated

Verb

nucleate (third-person singular simple present nucleates, present participle nucleating, simple past and past participle nucleated)

  1. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.
    • Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 113

Noun

nucleate (plural nucleates)

  1. Any salt of a nucleic acid.

Forms of nucleate

Adjective
comparativemore nucleate
superlativemost nucleate
Verb
third-person singular presentnucleates
present participlenucleating
past participlenucleated
pastnucleated
Noun
pluralnucleates

Words formed from nucleate

Questions about nucleate

What does nucleate mean?
Nucleate means having a nucleus; nucleated.
What part of speech is nucleate?
Nucleate can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.

Words near nucleate in the dictionary

  1. nuclearly
  2. nucleary
  3. nuclease
  4. nucleases
  5. nucleasic
  6. nucleate
  7. nucleated
  8. nucleates
  9. nucleating
  10. nucleation
  11. nucleations

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