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pycnonuclear

pycnonuclear adjective: describing nuclear reactions caused by the density of the reactants.

Adjective

pycnonuclear (not comparable)

  1. (nuclear physics) Describing nuclear reactions caused by the density of the reactants

Origin of pycnonuclear

From pycno- + nuclear.

Questions about pycnonuclear

What does pycnonuclear mean?
Pycnonuclear means describing nuclear reactions caused by the density of the reactants.
What part of speech is pycnonuclear?
Pycnonuclear is an adjective.

Words near pycnonuclear in the dictionary

  1. pycnomorphous
  2. pycnon
  3. pycnonotic
  4. pycnonotid
  5. pycnonotids
  6. pycnonuclear
  7. pycnophyid
  8. pycnophyids
  9. pycnophylactic
  10. pycnopodioside
  11. pycnoses

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