nucleate verb. ['nju:klɪeɪt] M19.
[from NUCLEUS noun + -ATE³. Cf. ENUCLEATE verb.]
1. verb trans.
a. Form into or bring together as a nucleus. M19.
b. Form nuclei in; act as or provide a nucleus for the growth of (crystals, cracks, aggregates, etc.). M20.

2. verb intrans. Form a nucleus or nuclei; gather or collect about a nucleus or nuclei. L19.

■ nucle'ation noun the formation of nuclei, esp. (Physical Chemistry) by the aggregation of molecules into a new phase (as in boiling, condensation, crystallization, etc.); formation at or into a nucleus: M19.

■ nucleator noun a substance which provides nuclei, esp. for crystallization etc. E20.

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nucleate adjective. ['nju:klɪǝt] M19.
[from NUCLEUS noun + -ATE². Cf. ENUCLEATE adjective.]
1. Having a nucleus; nucleated. M19.

2. Designating a manner of boiling in which streams of bubbles rise from specific sites (nuclei) on a hot surface in a liquid and are recondensed in the surrounding liquid. M20.

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nucleate noun. ['nju:klɪeɪt] E20.
[from NUCLE(IC + -ATE¹.]
Biochemistry. A salt or ester of a nucleic acid.

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