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单词 nucleate
释义 nu·cle·ate
I. \ˈn(y)üklēˌāt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Late Latin nucleatus, past participle of nucleare to become kernelly, hard, from Latin nucleus kernel, diminutive of nuc-, nux nut — more at nut
transitive verb
1. : to form into a nucleus : cluster
 < almost no community life or social solidarity, the nucleating factors being rooming houses, bars, pool rooms — J.H.Burma >
 < business establishments are compactly nucleated — H.W.H.King >
 < vague but tremendous expectations were gradually nucleated in certain symbolic demands — Yale Review >
2. : to act as a nucleus for (as crystallization or precipitation)
 < light-diffusing crystals whose precipitation is nucleated by submicroscopic silver particles formed photographically within the glass — S.D.Stookey >
 < an oasis nucleated by a hamlet — P.K.Hitti >
also : to cause (as particles) to nucleate
intransitive verb
: to form a nucleus : cluster
 < new communities nucleating as the boundaries of older ones >
II. \-ēə̇t, -ēˌāt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin nucleatus, from nucleus kernel + -atus -ate
: having a nucleus or nuclei
 < nucleate cells >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nucleic (in nucleic acid) + -ate
: a salt or ester of a nucleic acid
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