THERMONUCLEAR

thermonuclear

(adjective) using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

thermonuclear (not comparable)

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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