| NUC | the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors |
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| NUC | the explosion of an atomic bomb |
| NUC | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner |
| NUC | a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy |
| NUC | a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy |
| NUC | a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy |
| NUC | resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field |
| NUC | the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells |
| NUC | a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics |
| NUC | the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei |
| NUC | nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use) |
| NUC | the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets) |