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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

nuclear power

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01 n. Power derived from nuclear reactions; -- used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also…
  1. 1.
    Power derived from nuclear reactions; -- used at present especially of electrical power generated in atomic reactors, but encompassing also fusion power.
  2. 2.
    A country possessing nuclear weapons.
Syn. atomic energy, atomic power, nuclear energy, nuclear energy.