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Word entry · 7 letters

nucleus

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"Cell's control center"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈnjuː.kli.əs/Part of speech nounSorted celnsuuStarts with NEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”). The earliest uses refer to the head of a comet and the kernel of a seed, both recorded in Lexicon Technicum in 1704. The sense in atomic physics was coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1844 in a theoretical meaning.

Used in a sentence

  • This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.

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