Associations to the word «Nucleate»

Wiktionary

NUCLEATE, adjective. Having a nucleus; nucleated
NUCLEATE, verb. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus
NUCLEATE, noun. Any salt of a nucleic acid.

Dictionary definition

NUCLEATE, verb. Form into a nucleus; "Some cells had nucleated".
NUCLEATE, adjective. Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus; "nucleated cells".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats