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nucleated

nucleated is the simple past and past participle of nucleate.

Adjective

nucleated

  1. Having a nucleus or nuclei.
  2. (Geography) Having a centre; clustered (as opposed to e.g. dispersed).

Meaning of nucleate

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

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Words formed from nucleated

Questions about nucleated

What does nucleated mean?
Nucleated means having a nucleus or nuclei.
What is nucleated the simple past and past participle of?
Nucleated is the simple past and past participle of nucleate.
What part of speech is nucleated?
Nucleated is an adjective.

Words near nucleated in the dictionary

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

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