Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nucleate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-ate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a nucleus; nucleated

verb

To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.

noun

Any salt of a nucleic acid.

Example Sentences

"Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee."

Inflected Forms

more nucleate (comparative) most nucleate (superlative) nucleates (present, singular) nucleating (participle, present) nucleated (participle, past) nucleated (past) nucleates (plural)

Derived Forms

anucleate binucleate denucleate denucleated dinucleating micronucleate mononucleate multinucleate nucleation nucleator paranucleate plurinucleate

Synonyms

nucleated

Questions

What does nucleate mean?: Having a nucleus; nucleated

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