nucleus

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
  2. An initial part or version that will receive additions.
  3. The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
  4. A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
  5. A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
  6. The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

Têgeh

dendik

kakil

navik

navok

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Learned borrowing from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”). The earliest uses refer to the head of a comet and the kernel of a seed, both recorded in Lexicon Technicum in 1704. The sense in atomic physics was coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1844 in a theoretical meaning.

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