Usually means: Centers of atoms, containing protons.
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  1. nuclei: Merriam-Webster
  2. nuclei: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nuclei: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nuclei: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nuclei: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nuclei, nuclei: Wordnik
  7. nuclei: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nuclei: Wiktionary
  9. nuclei: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nuclei: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nuclei: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nuclei: Dictionary.com
  13. nuclei: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Nuclei: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Nuclei: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. Nuclei: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. nuclei: FreeDictionary.org
  18. nuclei: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nuclei: Legal dictionary

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  1. nuclei: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. nuclei: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nuclei: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Nuclei: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  6. nuclei: Medical dictionary
  7. Nuclei: Drug Medical Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See nucleus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleus)

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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