Usually means: Initiation of a phase transition.
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  1. nucleation: Merriam-Webster
  2. nucleation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nucleation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nucleation: Wordnik
  5. nucleation: Wiktionary
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  1. nucleation: Legal dictionary

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  1. nucleation: Encyclopedia

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  1. nucleation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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(Note: See nucleate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleation)

noun:  (physics) The first stage of a phase transition in a small region.
noun:  (biology) The formation of cell nuclei.

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