Nucleate



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使成核;adj. 有核的
• ［英］ v. 使成核 ( bring into a nucleus) ;
• ［例］ The nucleating factors of a community are rooming houses, bars, pool rooms.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Late Latin nucleatus, past participle of nucleare to become stony, from Latin nucleus
• Date: circa 1864
• transitive verb
  • 1. to form into a nucleus ; cluster
  • 2. to act as a nucleus for
  • 3. to supply nuclei to
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to form a nucleus
  • 2. to act as a nucleus
  • 3. to begin to form
• ? nucleation noun
• ? nucleator noun

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