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Figurative term for access to nuclear weapons
The "nuclear button" is a figurative term referring to the power to use nuclear weapons. "Pushing the nuclear button" refers to actually using them. The
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US device for a nuclear attack order
culture, is that the football contains a large red button, which when pressed, launches a nuclear attack. If the U.S. president, who is the commander-in-chief
Nuclear_football
the "Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times". Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button
Age and health concerns about Donald Trump
Age_and_health_concerns_about_Donald_Trump
White House call button used by presidents of the United States
used the button to request lunch, and to prank visitors into worrying that it was the nuclear button. Trump would suddenly press the button, his guests
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Case used to authorize nuclear weapons
culture, is that the football contains a large red button, which when pressed, launches a nuclear attack. If the U.S. president, who is the commander-in-chief
Nuclear_briefcase
Aspect of nuclear deterrence strategy
Nuclear sharing is a concept in deterrence theory in which a nuclear-armed country deploys nuclear weapons on the territory of a country that does not
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List of incidents which could have led to a nuclear exchange
In January 2018, Trump also tweeted that his country has a "bigger nuclear button" than North Korea. In January 2018, it was reported that Trump withdrew
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2016). "To Launch a Nuclear Strike, President Trump Would Take These Steps". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 November 2020. Nuclear button chaos behind Reagan
Nuclear weapons of the United States
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Tertrais, Bruno (February 2019). "The Finger on the Button: The Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear-Armed States" (PDF). nonproliferation.org. pp. 13–14
Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom
Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom
Retrieved 16 May 2012. "Blair presses the nuclear button". The Guardian. 17 May 2006. Eight new nuclear power stations despite safety and clean-up concerns
Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom
Lebedev described a "double nuclear button" for weapon usage. According to a Russian military doctrine stated in 2010, nuclear weapons could be used by Russia
Russia and weapons of mass destruction
Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Nuclear weapon launch codes for the US president
Bruno (February 18, 2019). "The Finger on the Button: The Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear-Armed States" (PDF). nonproliferation.org. Middlebury
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deadline". NPR. Retrieved 2026-04-07. Stanton, Zack (2026-04-09). "'The nuclear button for the Vatican': Pope Leo steps into the political fray". MS NOW. Retrieved
Timeline of the second Trump presidency (2026 Q2)
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Weapon
the Trident nuclear programme or Trident nuclear deterrent, covers the development, procurement and operation of submarine-based nuclear weapons in the
Trident (UK nuclear programme)
Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)
American ultimate source of military orders
11, 2016). "What Exactly Would It Mean to Have Trump's Finger on the Nuclear Button?". Politico Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-30. Broad, William J.; Sanger
National Command Authority (United States)
National_Command_Authority_(United_States)
Feature of U.S. president Richard Nixon's foreign policy
communism. We can't restrain him when he's angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear button" and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace
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US continuity of government bunker in Pennsylvania
40. Cillizza, Chris (3 January 2018). "There's no such thing as a 'nuclear button'". CNN Politics. Retrieved 10 February 2019. Quoting Garrett Graff,
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possess nuclear weapons, though only eight formally acknowledge possessing them. In order of first successful nuclear test, the world's nine nuclear-armed
List of states with nuclear weapons
List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
American singer and activist (born 1958)
Energy Rick Perry, "The last person we want with their finger on the nuclear button is somebody connected to this extreme Christianist doomsday cult." On
Jello_Biafra
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
only two nuclear accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident
Chernobyl_disaster
NATO command post exercise in 1983
dogmas", truly believed that an antagonistic Ronald Reagan would push the nuclear button and relegate the Soviet Union to the literal "ash heap of history".
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission (fission or atomic bomb) or
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House. Likewise, the nuclear football, the briefcase used by presidents to launch nuclear attacks, does not contain a large red button to launch an attack
List of common misconceptions about arts and culture
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nuts", or, "In your heart, you know he might" (as in "he might push the nuclear button"), or even, "In your heart, he's too far right". The Johnson campaign's
1964 United States presidential election
1964_United_States_presidential_election
Cocktail made with rum, Cointreau and cranberry juice
shot glass of prosecco and Grenadine, which was meant to resemble the "nuclear button". In April 2020, during a press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic
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1983 single by Men at Work
the nuclear button, which is right next to his ashtray. Then, when he goes to stub out his cigar in the ashtray, he accidentally hits the button instead
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Emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by terminating the fission reaction. It is also the name that is given to the
Scram
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979
The Human Button, Callaghan became the only prime minister to go on record with his opinion on ordering a retaliation in the event of a nuclear attack on
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tweeted that his "Nuclear Button" was "much bigger & more powerful" than Kim Jong-un's, following a Fox News segment about Kim's "nuclear button" minutes before
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1972 political sabotage case
vote for a man who gets as excited as that, to put his finger on the nuclear button." Muskie's winning margin over McGovern on March 7 in the New Hampshire
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Mechanism to control a machine or process
Button accordion Button (computing) Keyboard (computing) Panic button Placebo button Push-button telephone Reset button Shutter button Turbo button "Push
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Grand Design" 9 January 1986 (1986-01-09) With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence
List of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister episodes
List_of_Yes_Minister_and_Yes,_Prime_Minister_episodes
Desk in the Oval Office
Donald Trump stated to one reporter that "everyone thinks it is [the nuclear button]". Below is a table with the location of the desk from 1880, when it
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2011 video game
the political spectrum. As he moves into the White House, a certain nuclear button sparks his inner psychopath. Regardless of the endings, the Postal Dude's
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1966 single by The Chambers Brothers
lead singer of The Angry Samoans is about to push the nuclear button which would cause nuclear annihilation. However the president (Played by Joe Chambers)
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Soviet senior nuclear engineer (1960–1986)
– 14 May 1986) was a Soviet nuclear engineer who was the senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on
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Multi-sport event in Pyeongchang, South Korea
January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. "Kim Jong Un highlights his 'nuclear button,' offers Olympic talks". NBC News. 2 January 2018. Archived from the
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1982 studio album by Angry Samoans
lead singer of the Angry Samoans is about to push the nuclear button which would cause nuclear annihilation. However, the president (Played by Joe Chambers)
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and General Secretary of the CIS Sergey Lebedev described a "double nuclear button" for weapon usage. On 27 February 2022, shortly after the 2022 Russian
Belarus and weapons of mass destruction
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Feature documentary film
he tried to convince the enemy that he was crazy enough to push the nuclear button. The plan fell apart, thanks largely to antiwar protesters. Director
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2024 book by Annie Jacobsen
Nuclear War: A Scenario is a 2024 non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize–nominated American journalist Annie Jacobsen, published by Dutton and Transworld
Nuclear_War:_A_Scenario
American musician (1942–2024)
the scene, the lead singer of The Angry Samoans is about to push the nuclear button which would destroy the world. However, the president chooses life.
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Heavy artillery/missile transport vehicle
Archived on 2019-09. Leonid Sapozhnikov. (1997). “Centipedes Without the Nuclear Button.” Za Rulem magazine, No. 5, pp. 56–57. Archived on 2017-12-29. Andrey
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Orders for action in the event of nuclear attack on UK
2016. Bunkall, Alistair (13 July 2016). "May To Be Handed Keys To Nuclear Red Button". Sky News. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved
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American psychedelic soul band
lead singer of The Angry Samoans is about to push the nuclear button which would cause nuclear annihilation. However, the president (Played by Joe Chambers)
The_Chambers_Brothers
2023 biography of Kim Yo Jong by Sung-Yoon Lee
foreign policy at her fingertips, and with unfettered access to her nuclear button-controlling brother." Indeed, as the subtitle of the book says she may
The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea
The_Sister:_The_extraordinary_story_of_Kim_Yo_Jong,_the_most_powerful_woman_in_North_Korea
Device that alerts others to the presence of an emergency
be cancelled. Examples of alarm panic buttons are: A button in a critical system (such as a nuclear weapons system) used to quickly activate an extreme
Panic_button
Pakistani-German author and political advisor
2018, he published his second book "Mein Atomknopf ist größer" (My nuclear button is bigger: America vs. North Korea), which analyzed the conflict between
Jamal_A._Qaiser
Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare
On 26 September 1983, during the Cold War, the Soviet nuclear early warning system Oko reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
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knows with nuclear warfare what will happen. But I tell you what. If nuclear war happens, we won't be second in line pressing the button." Citing insiders
Domestic policy of the first Trump administration
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Soviet engineer (1953–1986)
engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April
Aleksandr_Akimov
1959 novel by Mordecai Roshwald
reside permanently. X-127 fulfills the role of 'push-button' offensive initiator of his nation's nuclear weapons capacity against an unspecified enemy. X-127
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British engineer and Lord Mayor (1926–2022)
"Portobello to the Square Mile, in 'Self-serving Boris Johnson presses the nuclear button". The Times. Retrieved 5 September 2022. "Francis McWilliams, engineer
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India's first successful nuclear weapons test (1974)
Peaceful Nuclear Explosive (PNE). The device was detonated on 18 May 1974 at 8.05 IST with Pranab R. Dastidar pushing the firing button. The nuclear yield
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depart in new year". CNN. January 6, 2017. "Trump boasts of bigger 'nuclear button' than North Korea's". Fox News. January 2, 2017. "'Jail!' Trump slams
Timeline of the first Trump presidency (2018 Q1)
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use. January 3 – President Donald Trump boasts on Twitter that his nuclear button is "much bigger" and "more powerful" than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's
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False alarm sent over all communications media in the U.S. state of Hawaii
Worker's push of the 'wrong button' to blame". Fox News. Retrieved January 13, 2018. "Federal responsibility in nuclear attack alerts is unclear". Star-Advertiser
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
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French nuclear deterrence force
Président de la République. The Finger on the Button: The Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear-Armed States James Martin Center for Nonproliferation
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Soviet nuclear engineer in charge during the Chernobyl disaster (1931–1995)
1931 – 13 December 1995) was a Soviet nuclear engineer who was the deputy chief engineer for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. He supervised the safety
Anatoly_Dyatlov
Risk of nuclear conflict during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ishaan Tharoor (21 September 2022). "Russia pushes the panic button and raises risk of nuclear war". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286
Nuclear risk during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Nuclear_risk_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
Cold War-era nuclear weapons control system
15E601, Cyrillic: 15Э601), is a Cold War–era automatic or semi-automatic nuclear weapons control system (similar in concept to the American AN/DRC-8 Emergency
Dead_Hand
Defunct American nuclear production site
119.59861°W / 46.64750; -119.59861 The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on
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to 1991, once hosted Soviet nuclear weapons and delivery systems on its territory. The former Soviet Union had its nuclear program expanded to only four
Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Indian electronics engineer (1933–2022)
the Pokhran-1 nuclear test button dies in America. India News - Times of India - Bharat Times". Retrieved 3 March 2022. "India's Nuclear Weapons Program
Pranab_R._Dastidar
Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)
the famous red button was never made operational, as military psychologists did not want to put the decision of initiating a nuclear war into the hands
Stanislav_Petrov
Russian nuclear briefcase
Cheget (Russian: Чегет) is a "nuclear briefcase" (named after Mount Cheget [ru] in Kabardino-Balkaria) and a part of the automatic system for the command
Cheget
Unused deep geological repository facility in Nevada, US
Western Shoshone Nation, this land is sacred. To store nuclear waste here is to press a doomsday button. "Publication" (PDF). www.congress.gov. Retrieved September
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository
Shooter video game by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation in 1997
requires a little bit more than just holding down the fire button continuously. In Nuclear Strike 64, that's just about all you do." The website said:
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Devices generating electricity from radioisotope decay
Button cell – Small battery Induced gamma emission – Bombarding atomic nuclei to give off very short-wavelength light List of battery types Nuclear electric
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Radioactive isotope of Americium
plutonium's pits). Americium-241 has been produced in small quantities in nuclear reactors for decades, and many kilograms of 241Am have been accumulated
Americium-241
Nuclear command and control authority of India
73–75. India's Nuclear Weapons Program - Present Capabilities Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine "Nuke command set up, button in PM's hand".
Nuclear Command Authority (India)
Nuclear_Command_Authority_(India)
Last class of diesel-electric submarine operated by US Navy
was taken out of service 1988–1990, leaving the Navy with an entirely nuclear-powered submarine fleet. The Barbel class' design is considered to be very
Barbel-class_submarine
Safety mechanism to quickly shut down a system
possible. This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains
Kill_switch
Family of birds
Galliformes, especially smaller species like the king quail (erroneously called "button quail"). There are 18 species in two genera, with most species placed in
Buttonquail
1960 live comedy album
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart is a 1960 live album by comedian Bob Newhart. Recorded at the Tidelands Club in Houston, Texas by recording engineer
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
The_Button-Down_Mind_of_Bob_Newhart
Defunct American nuclear weapons manufacturing site in Colorado
Rocky Flats Plant was a United States manufacturing complex that produced nuclear weapons parts near Denver, Colorado. The facility's primary mission was
Rocky_Flats_Plant
2007 single by Teapacks
"Push the Button", known in Hebrew as "Kaftor Adom" (כפתור אדום, "Red Button"), was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in
Push the Button (Teapacks song)
Push_the_Button_(Teapacks_song)
Military unit
India's Nuclear Command Authority (NCA). It is responsible for the management and administration of the country's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons
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Microphone design
The carbon microphone, also known as carbon button microphone, button microphone, or carbon transmitter, is a type of microphone, a transducer that converts
Carbon_microphone
Early cold-war US nuclear attack submarine
continued in all subsequent US nuclear submarines. Combining the functions in one space was facilitated by the adoption of "push-button" ballast control, another
Skipjack-class_submarine
European particle physics research centre
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (/sɜːrn/; French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire)
CERN
High temperature industrial processes
Uploaded by – Nuclear Engineering at Argonne". YouTube. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. "Pyroprocessing: A Hot-Button Issue". NRDC
Pyroprocessing
People involved in the nuclear accident
Nuclear Power Plant during the catastrophic nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. The disaster, rated the highest level 7 on the International Nuclear Event
Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster
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Type of nuclear reactor
(AZ5) button was pressed to shut down the reactor, the control rods jammed in the middle of the core, causing a positive loop, since the nuclear fuel reacted
Graphite-moderated_reactor
Device that reacts to the loss of the operator
button protruding from the controller handle. This button also had to be pressed continuously, typically with the palm of the hand so that the button
Dead_man's_switch
Action only authorized by two or more people
simultaneously turn their ignition keys to unlock a shutdown button. In Torch of Freedom by Eric Flint, the nuclear self-destruct device for an important installation
Two-person_rule
American activist
of the Ploughshares Fund, a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution. He has one son, Peter Cirincione
Joseph_Cirincione
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat like
RBMK
but then he hears what a great singer she is. Song: Kathleen Nolan sings "Button Up Your Overcoat". 108 18 "Danny Goes Social" Sheldon Leonard Jack Elinson
List of The Danny Thomas Show episodes
List_of_The_Danny_Thomas_Show_episodes
Genre of fiction
as runaway climate change; astronomical, an impact event; destructive, nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, a pandemic, whether natural or
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction
Patch 115 杂耍灰太狼 Wolffy's Juggling 116 充气衣服 Inflatable Clothes 117 核电风波 Nuclear Power Storm 118 忍者灰太狼 Wolffy Ninja 119 致命游戏 Deadly Game 120 踩高跷 Stilts
List of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf episodes
List_of_Pleasant_Goat_and_Big_Big_Wolf_episodes
the Cold War. List of songs about the Vietnam War List of songs about nuclear war List of anti-war songs https://www.allmusic.com/song/games-without
List of songs about the Cold War
List_of_songs_about_the_Cold_War
2009 attempt to improve relations between the US and Russia
Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a red button with the English word "reset" and the Roman alphabet transliteration of
Russian_reset
other consumers against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission
List of acts of the 117th United States Congress
List_of_acts_of_the_117th_United_States_Congress
(1986) "Little Blood-Button" short story New Directions 50 (1986) Raven's Wing (1986) Included in Twelve Plays (1991); revised "Nuclear Holocaust" short story
Joyce Carol Oates short fiction bibliography
Joyce_Carol_Oates_short_fiction_bibliography
2012 comedy film by Larry Charles
the year's biggest comedy letdowns, The Dictator doesn't so much stir hot-button issues as showcase a great satirist off his game." Keith Uhlich of Time
The_Dictator
Pakistan Ministry of Defense range in Punjab
working nuclear weapon device was reportedly designed in vintage style, which had the push-button to create an electronic circuit. The push-button mechanism
Kirana_Hills_Site
Air service branch of the U.S. military
available nuclear warheads, and 1,005 nuclear weapons deliverable by aircraft, together 49% of the US nuclear stockpile, and 19% of the global nuclear stockpile
United_States_Air_Force
Indian military appointment
for the management and administration of India's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. The current Commander-in-Chief is Lieutenant General
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command
Commander-in-Chief,_Strategic_Forces_Command
Leader of China since 2012
10 January 2020. Chan, Minnie (25 November 2015). "China hits the launch button for massive PLA shake-up to create a modern, nimble force". South China
Xi_Jinping
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n.
A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
pl.
of Nucleus
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleated.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
a.
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
superl.
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
v. t.
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
adv.
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
adv.
In a clear manner; plainly.
a.
Alt. of Nuclear
superl.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
n.
A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
superl.
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
a.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
superl.
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
superl.
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
n.
A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
v. t.
To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
a.
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.