núcleo

Meaning

1. (masculine) nucleus (of an atom)
2. (masculine) nucleus (of a cell)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).

Sentences

Sitúase ao norte do núcleo urbano ao final da avenida da Vía .

It is located north of the urban centre at the end of Avenue Avenue.

No núcleo de Bidouredo está a igrexa de orixe románica da parroquia homónima.

In the core of Bidouredo is the church of Romanesque origin of the parish of the same name.

Tales emisións espontáneas provenientes do núcleo dun átomo reciben o nome de radioactividade.

Such spontaneous emissions from the nucleus of an atom are called radioactivity.