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nucleating

nucleating is the present participle and gerund of nucleate.

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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Adjective

nucleating (comparative more nucleating, superlative most nucleating)

  1. That encourages nucleation

Forms of nucleating

comparativemore nucleating
superlativemost nucleating

Words formed from nucleating

Questions about nucleating

What does nucleating mean?
Nucleating means that encourages nucleation.
What is nucleating the present participle and gerund of?
Nucleating is the present participle and gerund of nucleate.
What part of speech is nucleating?
Nucleating is an adjective.

Words near nucleating in the dictionary

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

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