"thermonuclear" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌθɜː.məʊˈnjuːk.liː.ə/ [UK], /ˌθɜɹ.moʊˈn(j)uk.li.əɹ/ [US]
Etymology: thermo- + nuclear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|thermo|nuclear}} thermo- + nuclear Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} thermonuclear (not comparable)
  1. Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures): термоядрен (termojadren) (Bulgarian), termonuclear (Catalan), 熱核 (Chinese Mandarin), 热核 (rèhé) (Chinese Mandarin), termonukleární (Czech), termonukleaarinen (Finnish), thermonucléaire (French), termonuclear (Galician), თერმობირთვული (termobirtvuli) (Georgian), thermonuklear (German), termonucleare (Italian), kodoltermisks (Latvian), termonuklearny (Polish), termojądrowy (Polish), termonuclear (Portuguese), termonuclear (Romanian), термоядерный (termojadernyj) (Russian), termonuclear (Spanish), initbutudnin (Tagalog), termonükleer (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-thermonuclear-en-adj-bj-g8UNl Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures': 85 15
  2. Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-thermonuclear-en-adj-Y6SlcYSA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thermo-nuclear Derived forms: nonthermonuclear, thermonuclear bomb, thermonuclearly, thermonuclear weapon

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌθɜː.məʊˈnjuːk.liː.ə/ [UK], /ˌθɜɹ.moʊˈn(j)uk.li.əɹ/ [US] Forms: thermonuclears [plural]
Etymology: thermo- + nuclear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|thermo|nuclear}} thermo- + nuclear Head templates: {{en-noun}} thermonuclear (plural thermonuclears)
  1. (military) A thermonuclear weapon. Categories (topical): Military, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear warfare Synonyms: hydrogen bomb, H-bomb Related terms: pycnonuclear
    Sense id: en-thermonuclear-en-noun-evOFGV7B Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 23 33 44 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 10 36 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with thermo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 33 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 24 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with thermo-: 17 35 48 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thermo-nuclear

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.