NUCLEAR POWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear power mean? 

• NUCLEAR POWER (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR POWER has 1 sense:

1. nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR POWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR POWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

atomic power; nuclear power

Hypernyms ("nuclear power" is a kind of...):

atomic energy; nuclear energy (the energy released by a nuclear reaction)

 Context examples 

Most of the neutrinos studied by the research team were more than a million times more energetic than the those produced by sources like the sun or nuclear power plants.

(Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks, National Science Foundation)