nuclearとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Canada) enPR: n(y)o͞okliər, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)u.kli.ɚ/
• (英国発音) enPR: nyo͞oklî(r), IPA^(key): /ˈnjuː.klɪə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) enPR: n(y)o͞okliər, n(y)o͞okyələr, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)u.kli.ɚ/, /ˈn(j)u.kjə.lɚ/ (see usage notes)
• 韻: -uːkliə(ɹ), -uːklɪə(ɹ), -uːkjələ(ɹ)

形容詞

nuclear (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. [from 20th c.]
2. Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]

   a nuclear reactor

   nuclear technology

3. Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]

   a nuclear explosion

   a nuclear power

4. (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution または response) Involving an extreme course of action.

   nuclear option, nuclear solution

   • 2011, Todd Lipscomb, Re-Made in the USA, →ISBN:

     The states begging for aid get turned away; and sharp cuts in government employment, spending, and, eventually, pension payments are the only alternative future, beyond the nuclear solution of defaulting on our debt.

   • 2013, Erica Sadun, iOS Auto Layout Demystified, →ISBN, page 150:

     The nuclear approach is the simpler of the two. When two constraints conflict, you can kill one of them.

   • 2017 April 6, Mythili Sampathkumar, “Democrats filibuster forces Republicans to use 'nuclear option to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick”, in The Independent:

     Republicans have taken the historic step of triggering the so-called "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate and push through Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, after Democrats blocked the nomination.

5. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 17:

     However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.

6. (archaic) Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]

使用する際の注意点

• The pronunciation /nukjəlɚ/, although included by some sources such as Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition), is nonstandard and listed as such. See also nucular, and nucular in Wikipedia.

派生語

関連する語

Further reading

• Nuclear on Wikipedia.

名詞

nuclear (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 nuclears)

1. Nuclear power.
   • 2015, Vital Signs Volume 22: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, The Worldwatch Institute:

     The growth in wind capacity at first lagged behind the expansion of nuclear installations, but then it started to grow faster and is now outpacing nuclear.

2. Nuclear weapon
   • 1958, Foreign Relations of the United States (page 118):

     Admiral Burke believed that we would be able to beat off an amphibious attack, even if staged in conjunction with heavy aerial bombing, long enough to refer back to Washington and obtain authorization to use nuclears.

アナグラム

• crenula, lucarne, unclear

接尾辞

-nuclear

1. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.

関連する語

• nuclear
• nucleo-

派生語

• mononuclear
• polymorphonuclear