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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 usingnuclear fission ornuclear fusion - noun countable A
nation that possessesnuclear 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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