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| nuclear family |
| 1. n. A family unit consisting of two parents (a mother and a father) and their children. |
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| nuclear |
| 1. adj. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. |
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| 2. adj. Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. |
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| 3. adj. Pertaining to the atomic nucleus. |
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| 4. adj. Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). |
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| a nuclear reactor |
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| family |
| 1. n. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. |
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| Our family lives in town. |
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| 2. n. An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage. |
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| 3. n. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. |
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| crime family, Mafia family |
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