nucleate
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
nucleate (comparative more nucleate, superlative most nucleate)
Verb
nucleate (third-person singular simple present nucleates, present participle nucleating, simple past and past participle nucleated)
- To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 113:
- Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee.
Noun
nucleate (plural nucleates)
- Any salt of a nucleic acid.
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu.kleˈa.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: nu‧cle‧à‧te
Adjective
nucleate
- feminine plural of nucleato
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nʊ.kɫeˈaː.tɛ], [nʊk.ɫeˈaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nu.kleˈaː.t̪e], [nuk.leˈaː.t̪e]
Adjective
nucleāte
- vocative singular masculine of nucleātus
Spanish
Verb
nucleate