nucleus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
Types & categories
- organelle hypernym
- pronucleus hyponym
- subthalamic nucleus hyponym
Parts & wholes
- cell part holonym
- nucleolus part meronym
- chromatin part meronym
- achromatin part meronym
- linin part meronym
- chromosome part meronym
- nucleoplasm substance meronym
Related & opposite
- nucleate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the positively charged dense center of an atom
Types & categories
- midpoint hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
a small group of indispensable persons or things
five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
Types & categories
- midpoint hypernym
Parts & wholes
- comet part holonym
Related & opposite
- astronomy domain topic
Sense 5 noun
any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
Types & categories
- neural structure hypernym
- dentate nucleus hyponym
Sense 6 noun
the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nucleate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cell |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nucleolus |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chromatin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | achromatin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | linin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chromosome |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | nucleoplasm |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organelle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pronucleus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subthalamic nucleus |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | atom |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nucleon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | midpoint |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | set |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cadre |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | comet |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | midpoint |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | neural structure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dentate nucleus |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |