'Nuclear physics' definitions:
Definition of 'nuclear physics'
(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei [syn: nuclear physics, atomic physics, nucleonics]
Definition of 'Nuclear physics'
From: GCIDE
- Nuclear physics \Nu"cle*ar phys"ics\, n. That branch of physics which studies the structure of and phenomena observed in atomic nuclei. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'nuclear physics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acoustics,
- aerophysics,
- applied physics,
- astrophysics,
- atomic science,
- atomics,
- atomistics,
- atomology,
- basic conductor physics,
- biophysics,
- chemical physics,
- cryogenics,
- crystallography,
- cytophysics,
- electron physics,
- electronics,
- electrophysics,
- geophysics,
- macrophysics,
- mass spectrography,
- mass spectrometry,
- mathematical physics,
- mechanics,
- medicophysics,
- microphysics,
- molecular physics,
- natural philosophy,
- natural science,
- Newtonian physics,
- nuclear chemistry,
- optics,
- philosophy,
- physic,
- physical chemistry,
- physical science,
- physicochemistry,
- physicomathematics,
- physics,
- psychophysics,
- quantum mechanics,
- radiation physics,
- radiology,
- radionics,
- solar physics,
- solid-state physics,
- statics,
- stereophysics,
- theoretical physics,
- thermionics,
- thermodynamics,
- wave mechanics,
- zoophysics