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nuclear physics
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nuclear physics has 1 sense
- nuclear physics(n = noun.cognition) atomic physics, nucleonics - the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei; Array is a kind of natural philosophy, physics
has parts: atomic theory
CIDE DICTIONARY
nuclear physics, n.
That branch of physics which studies the structure of and phenomena observed in atomic nuclei. [PJC]
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nuclear physics
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