nucleonics

American  

[noo-klee-on-iks, nyoo-] / ˌnu kliˈɒn ɪks, ˌnyu- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of science that deals with nuclear phenomena, as radioactivity, fission, or fusion, especially practical applications, as in industrial engineering.

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nucleonics British  

/ ˌnjuːklɪˈɒnɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the applications of nuclear energy

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nucleonics Scientific  

/ no̅o̅′klē-ŏn′ĭks /

1. The study of the quantum behavior of atomic nuclei, in particular of the transitions they make between discrete energy levels as they emit and give off radiation.

2. Development of instruments for use in nuclear research.

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Other Word Forms

• nucleonic adjective
• nucleonically adverb

Etymology

Origin of nucleonics

First recorded in 1940–45; nucleon + -ics

Example Sentences

Steel mills, nucleonics plants, and vast chemical complexes that will provide fertilizer to replace the lost Nile silt, are rising in what the Cairo press calls "the Pittsburgh of Egypt."

From Time Magazine Archive

Can the physicists with their nucleonics and the cyberneticists with their computers wash themselves of culpability for the blinding light they have created?

From Time Magazine Archive

McConnell got together with Tube, a moneymaker with interests ranging from bicycles to nucleonics, agreed to set up a new company to buy Aluminium.

From Time Magazine Archive

The link between doctorates and dollars is clear in the new science-oriented industries, aerospace, electronics and nucleonics, which more and more cities count on to create thousands of new jobs a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's a term borrowed from nucleonics, and best understood in that context.

From The K-Factor by Harrison, Harry

Related Words

• particle physics
• quantum mechanics