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thermonuclear
[ thur-moh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler ]
thermonuclear
/ ˌθɜ˳¾É™ÊŠËˆ²ÔÂá³ÜË°ì±ôɪə /
adjective
- involving nuclear fusion
a thermonuclear reaction
thermonuclear energy
- involving thermonuclear weapons
a thermonuclear war
thermonuclear
/ ³Ù³óû°ùâ€Â÷Å-²Ô´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′°ì±ôŧ-É™°ù /
- Relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures or to the energy produced in this way.
- Relating to weapons based on nuclear fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on nuclear fission.
thermonuclear
- A term referring to devices that use nuclear fusion , the fusion of atomic nuclei , to produce energy at very high temperatures. ( See hydrogen bomb .)
Pronunciation Note
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thermonuclear1
Example Sentences
During his Nobel Peace Prize speech, Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.â€
Sure enough, when director Christopher Nolan asked him to emulate the sound of the world’s first thermonuclear device for “Oppenheimer,†King had his epic-scaled 2013 Chelyabinsk asteroid reference close at hand.
One big challenge: Jackson needed to construct physical visualizations of subatomic activity leading up to the world’s first thermonuclear bomb explosion.
Department of Energy is creating three research hubs in the hopes of harnessing miniature laser-driven thermonuclear explosions for future power plants, officials announced on Thursday.
It has launched what Elon Musk billed as a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against the organisation.
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