Nuclear

Nuclear may refer to:

  • Nuclear DNA

In physics:

  • Nuclear engineering
  • Nuclear physics
  • Nuclear power
  • Nuclear reactor technology
  • Nuclear weapon

In mathematics:

  • Nuclear space
  • Nuclear operator
  • Nuclear congruence
  • Nuclear C*-algebra

Famous quotes containing the word nuclear:

    “Language is as real, as tangible, in our lives as streets, pipelines, telephone switchboards, microwaves, radioactivity, cloning laboratories, nuclear power stations.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
    —Frank Zappa (1940–1993)

    “We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.”
    —David Elkind (20th century)