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Meaning of NUCLEATE

Pronunciation:  'nookleeit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (biology) having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus; "nucleated cells"
  2. [v]  form into a nucleus; "Some cells had nucleated"
 
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 Synonyms: nucleated
 
 See Also: become, turn

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Nu"cle*ate\, a. [L. nucleatus having a kernel.]
    Having a nucleus; nucleated.
    
  2. \Nu"cle*ate\, v. t. [Cf. L. nucleare to become
    kernelly.]
    To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
    
 

 

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