Definition of Nuclear explosion

1. Noun. The explosion of an atomic bomb.

Exact synonyms: Atomic Explosion
Generic synonyms: Bomb Blast
Terms within: Fireball

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuclear Explosion

nuclear bombs
nuclear bone scan
nuclear cardiology
nuclear cataract
nuclear chain fibre
nuclear chemist
nuclear chemistry
nuclear club
nuclear data
nuclear deterrence
nuclear deterrent
nuclear energy
nuclear engineering
nuclear envelope
nuclear envelopes
nuclear explosion (current term)
nuclear factor 1
nuclear families
nuclear family
nuclear fission
nuclear force
nuclear forces
nuclear forensics
nuclear fuel
nuclear fusion
nuclear fusion reaction
nuclear fusions
nuclear heart scan
nuclear holocaust
nuclear holocausts

Literary usage of Nuclear explosion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by National Academy of Sciences Staff, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2002)
"would be characteristic of a nuclear explosion. Radionuclide detection has historically been most closely associated with atmospheric nuclear explosions ..."

2. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"Electromagnetic pulse: a sharp pulse of electromagnetic energy generated by a nuclear explosion, capable of damaging unprotected electric and electronic ..."

3. Effects of Nuclear Earth-penetrator And Other Weapons by Nas (2005)
"Meteorology The meteorological conditions that determine the shape, extent, and location of the fallout pattern from a nuclear explosion are the height of ..."

4. Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear by National Research Council (U.S.), Security Development, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs (2004)
"Within the project framework, the USSR experts measured a nuclear explosion's power at the Nevada test site, while the US scientists performed measurements ..."

5. Seismology, 1989-1992: Nuclear Test-Ban Verification (in Sweden) by Eva Johannisson (1994)
"For the first time in almost three decades no so-called Peaceful Nuclear Explosion (PNE) was carried out in 1989. Both the United States and the former USSR ..."

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