"nucleate" meaning in English

See nucleate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nucleate [comparative], most nucleate [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} nucleate (comparative more nucleate, superlative most nucleate)
  1. Having a nucleus; nucleated
    Sense id: en-nucleate-en-adj-xgUtMGZr

Noun

Forms: nucleates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nucleate (plural nucleates)
  1. Any salt of a nucleic acid. Derived forms: denucleate, denucleated, nucleation, renucleate, renucleation, tetranucleate
    Sense id: en-nucleate-en-noun-Ww6Dnph5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 69 11

Verb

Forms: nucleates [present, singular, third-person], nucleating [participle, present], nucleated [participle, past], nucleated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} nucleate (third-person singular simple present nucleates, present participle nucleating, simple past and past participle nucleated)
  1. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.
    Sense id: en-nucleate-en-verb-nAWucbtj

Inflected forms

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