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paranuclear

paranuclear adjective: not currently having nuclear weapons, but having the capacity or infrastructure to build them in a short period of time.

Adjective

paranuclear (not comparable)

  1. Not currently having nuclear weapons, but having the capacity or infrastructure to build them in a short period of time.
  2. Near and outside of the nucleus.
    Synonyms:
    paranucleate

Synonyms of paranuclear

Origin of paranuclear

From para- + nuclear.

Words formed from paranuclear

  • paranuclear body

Questions about paranuclear

What does paranuclear mean?
Paranuclear means not currently having nuclear weapons, but having the capacity or infrastructure to build them in a short period of time.
What part of speech is paranuclear?
Paranuclear is an adjective.

Words near paranuclear in the dictionary

  1. paranthracene
  2. paranthropine
  3. paranthropines
  4. paranuchal
  5. paranuchals
  6. paranuclear
  7. paranucleate
  8. paranuclei
  9. paranucleolar
  10. paranucleoli
  11. paranucleolus

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