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astronuclear en · ADJ

Etymology

From astro- + nuclear.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the applications of nuclear physics to space, as for example in nuclear space propulsion.
    • In the late 1950s, he organized the company’s astronuclear laboratory, which won the federal government’s first contract to develop a nuclear reactor for rocket propulsion. 2007 January 17, Dennis Hevesi, “John W. Simpson, 92, Dies; Pioneer of Nuclear Power”, in New York Times: