thermonuclear

thermonuclear
adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1938 1. of, relating to, or employing transformations in the nuclei of atoms of low atomic weight (as hydrogen) that require a very high temperature for their inception (as in the hydrogen bomb or in the sun) <
thermonuclear reaction
>
<
thermonuclear weapon
>
2. of, utilizing, or relating to a thermonuclear bomb <
thermonuclear war
>
<
a thermonuclear attack
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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