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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Power, especially electricity, the source of which is nuclear fission.
  • noun A nation or group possessing nuclear weapons.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Power derived from nuclear reactions; -- used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also fusion power.
  • noun A country possessing nuclear weapons.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable Power, especially electrical power, obtained using nuclear fission or nuclear fusion
  • noun countable A nation that possesses nuclear weapons

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)

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