atomic energy

Noun

Meaning

the energy released by a nuclear reaction

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nuclear energy nuclear power Hanford alpha particle atomic power energy of atoms fission power fission energy nuclear binding energy thermonuclear energy nuclear fission power nuclear fusion power civilian nuclear power helium-three civil nuclear energy

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Hypernyms

energy free energy

Hyponyms

nuclear power atomic power

Examples

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert Einstein

Private enterprise did not get us atomic energy. John Kenneth Galbraith

The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. Nikola Tesla

But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others. Anders Fogh Rasmussen

It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous. Pierre Schaeffer

The International Atomic Energy Agency and I are humbled, proud, delighted and above all strengthened in our resolve by this most worthy of honours. Mohamed ElBaradei

Close letter words and terms

atomic element atomic elements list atomic emission spectroscopy atomic energy agency Atomic Energy Commission atomic energy industry