nuclear physics
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər ˈfɪzɪks/
- Specialized
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física nuclear
- Many advancements in technology are based on principles learned from nuclear physics.
- nuclear physics research
- field of nuclear physics
- nuclear physics laboratory
My research expertise is in nuclear physics.
- My research expertise is in nuclear physics.
- And then use their knowledge of neutrons from nuclear physics and the palliate exclusion principle from quantum physics to work out how much energy the neutrons could push back with.
- And so stars and nuclear physics were very closely related.
- They come from this nuclear physics and and the stars to churn.
- You know people are leaning towards chemistry, nuclear physics.
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Arima earned a DSc in nuclear physics from the University of Tokyo in 1958.
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At least one of the country's three major nuclear physics facilities faces closure.
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People who know something about nuclear physics.
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My field is nuclear physics.
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But we have got to be competitive in critical fields such as nuclear physics if we are going to have an economy.
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So hopefully this is giving you an idea of what a book on theoretical nuclear physics looks like.
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Neptunium was discovered by the nuclear physics group working at the University of California, Berkeley.
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In late August, the NAS released a decadal survey on nuclear physics.
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Deuterium was found to have unique utility in biology, chemistry, and nuclear physics.
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That's one of the great unsolved problems in nuclear physics is how to make a fusion reactor that will generate electricity for us.
Synonyms
A branch of science that studies the centers of atoms and how they react
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the branch of physics dealing with atomic nuclei' is directly and compositionally derived from 'nuclear' (about atomic nuclei) modifying 'physics' (the scientific study of matter and energy), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This is a standard modifier+noun compound found across languages and follows transparent semantic composition, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Nuclear physics comes from the Latin word nucleus, meaning 'little nut' or 'core', so nuclear points to the atom's center. So nuclear physics is the study of the atom's center and how it behaves, which is why today it means 'the study of atomic nuclei'.