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Nucleus ( pl.: nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to:
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
Nucleus may also refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics
Astronomy
- Active galactic nucleus in astronomy
- Comet nucleus, the solid, central part of a comet
Biology
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
- Nucleus (neuroanatomy), a cluster of cell bodies of neurons in the central nervous system
- Nucleus that forms in the eye in nuclear sclerosis (early cataracts)
- Nucleus, a scientific journal concerned with the cell nucleus; published by Taylor & Francis
- Nucleus, a small colony of honeybees, induced to raise a new queen by the beekeeper
Computer systems
- Nucleus (operating system), sometimes a synonym for kernel
- Nucleus CMS, a weblog system
- Nucleus RTOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS)
- Nucleus, part of an operating system loaded by an Initial Program Load or boot loader
Mathematics
- Nucleus (algebra), the elements of a ring that associate with all others
- Nucleus (order theory), a mathematical term
Other sciences
- Nucleus (syllable), in linguistics, the central part of a syllable
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
-
Condensation nucleus, the seed of a raindrop
- Ice nucleus, the seed of a snowflake
Arts and media
- Nucleus (band), a jazz-rock band from Britain
- Nucleus (video game), a 2007 downloadable game on the PlayStation Store
- Nucleus (Anekdoten album), 1995
- Nucleus (Sonny Rollins album), 1975
- Nucleus, predecessor to Canadian rock band A Foot in Coldwater
- Nucleus, a scientific journal concerned with the cell nucleus; published by Taylor & Francis
Other uses
- Nucleus (advocacy group), a UK-European political advocacy campaign organisation
- Nucleus Limited, an Australian medical research company, taken over by Pacific Dunlop in 1988
- NuCLEus, a proposed 54-story mixed use building in Cleveland, Ohio, US
- Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archives, a British national archive
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nucleus.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Look up
nucleus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nucleus ( pl.: nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to:
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
Nucleus may also refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics
Astronomy
- Active galactic nucleus in astronomy
- Comet nucleus, the solid, central part of a comet
Biology
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
- Nucleus (neuroanatomy), a cluster of cell bodies of neurons in the central nervous system
- Nucleus that forms in the eye in nuclear sclerosis (early cataracts)
- Nucleus, a scientific journal concerned with the cell nucleus; published by Taylor & Francis
- Nucleus, a small colony of honeybees, induced to raise a new queen by the beekeeper
Computer systems
- Nucleus (operating system), sometimes a synonym for kernel
- Nucleus CMS, a weblog system
- Nucleus RTOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS)
- Nucleus, part of an operating system loaded by an Initial Program Load or boot loader
Mathematics
- Nucleus (algebra), the elements of a ring that associate with all others
- Nucleus (order theory), a mathematical term
Other sciences
- Nucleus (syllable), in linguistics, the central part of a syllable
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
-
Condensation nucleus, the seed of a raindrop
- Ice nucleus, the seed of a snowflake
Arts and media
- Nucleus (band), a jazz-rock band from Britain
- Nucleus (video game), a 2007 downloadable game on the PlayStation Store
- Nucleus (Anekdoten album), 1995
- Nucleus (Sonny Rollins album), 1975
- Nucleus, predecessor to Canadian rock band A Foot in Coldwater
- Nucleus, a scientific journal concerned with the cell nucleus; published by Taylor & Francis
Other uses
- Nucleus (advocacy group), a UK-European political advocacy campaign organisation
- Nucleus Limited, an Australian medical research company, taken over by Pacific Dunlop in 1988
- NuCLEus, a proposed 54-story mixed use building in Cleveland, Ohio, US
- Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archives, a British national archive
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nucleus.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.