Usually means: Control center of the cell.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nucleus: Merriam-Webster
  3. nucleus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nucleus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nucleus: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nucleus: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nucleus, nucleus: Wordnik
  8. nucleus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Nucleus, Nucleus, Nucleus, Nucleus, Nucleus: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. nucleus: Wiktionary
  11. nucleus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. nucleus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. nucleus: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. nucleus: Dictionary.com
  15. nucleus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. nucleus: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Nucleus (Anekdoten album), Nucleus (Sonny Rollins album), Nucleus (advocacy group), Nucleus (atomic structure), Nucleus (band), Nucleus (biology), Nucleus (cell), Nucleus (chemistry), Nucleus (neuroanatomy), Nucleus (order theory), Nucleus (organelle), Nucleus (physics), Nucleus (syllable), Nucleus (video game), Nucleus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Nucleus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. nucleus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. nucleus: Rhymezone
  21. Nucleus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. nucleus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. nucleus: FreeDictionary.org
  24. nucleus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. nucleus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. nucleus: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  2. Nucleus: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nucleus: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nucleus (atomic structure), Nucleus (biology), Nucleus (cell), Nucleus (chemistry), Nucleus (physics), nucleus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nucleus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Nucleus: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  9. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  10. Nucleus: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  11. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  12. nucleus: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  13. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  14. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  15. nucleus: Medical dictionary
  16. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  17. Nucleus: Drug Medical Dictionary
  18. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  19. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  20. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)

Science (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  5. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  6. Nucleus: Biology dictionary
  7. Nucleus: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  8. Nucleus: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  9. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  12. Nucleus: Extragalactic Astronomy
  13. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  14. nucleus: Evolution Glossary
  15. nucleus: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  16. Nucleus: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --
  17. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  18. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  19. nucleus: UNCChem Glossary
  20. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  21. nucleus: Natural History Terms
  22. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)
  23. NUCLEUS, NUCLEUS: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nucleus: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleus: Electronics
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  5. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
noun:  An initial part or version that will receive additions.
noun:  (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
noun:  (cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
noun:  (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
noun:  (phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

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