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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesthermonucléaire
Pronunciation / Transliteration: termonukleɛʁ
"La fusion thermonucléaire est la source d'énergie du soleil."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or denoting nuclear fusion reactions that occur only at very high temperatures.
"The sun and other stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions." - 2
Relating to nuclear weapons that use fusion to produce an explosion far more powerful than that of a fission bomb.
"The arms race escalated significantly with the invention of the thermonuclear bomb."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek 'thermos' meaning hot, combined with the English 'nuclear', which originates from the Latin 'nucleus' meaning kernel or little nut. Coined in the mid-20th century during the development of advanced physics to describe nuclear fusion reactions requiring extremely high temperatures.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thermonuclear" is said worldwide
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thermonucléaire
Transliteration: termonukleɛʁ
"La fusion thermonucléaire est la source d'énergie du soleil."
thermonuklear
Transliteration: tɛʁmonuˈkleːaʁ
"Sterne werden durch thermonukleare Reaktionen angetrieben."
termonucleare
Transliteration: termonukleˈaːre
"L'energia termonucleare è liberata durante la fusione."
termonuclear
Transliteration: teɾmonukleˈaɾ
"Las armas termonuclear son extremadamente destructivas."
termonuclear
Transliteration: teʁmonukleˈaʁ
"A energia termonuclear é gerada pela fusão de núcleos atômicos."
ताप नाभिकीय
Transliteration: taap naabhikiye
"सूर्य में ऊर्जा का मुख्य स्रोत ताप नाभिकीय संलयन है।"
热核的
Transliteration: rèhé de
"太阳依靠热核反应产生巨大的能量。"
열핵의
Transliteration: yeolhaeg-ui
"태양은 열핵 반응을 통해 에너지를 방출합니다."
熱核
Transliteration: netsukaku
"太陽は熱核融合反応によって輝いています。"
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