how to pronounce nucleus

/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/

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nucleus is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of nucleus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… also the nucleus for british rule …”

meaning of nucleus

The nucleus is the central part of a cell.

nucleus frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word nucleus occurs in english on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics nucleus can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that nucleus can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;