NUCLEUS in a Sentence

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Instruments on board will analyze the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.

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 Meanings and Examples of NUCLEUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nucleus
 n.  central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
Classic Sentence:
1  It was as if Atlanta society, scattered and wrecked by war, depleted by death, bewildered by change, had found in her an unyielding nucleus about which it could re-form.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
2  It was the last asset in their fortunes, the nucleus around which their life was to be rebuilt.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
3  Lily had thus formed, in the tumult of her surroundings, a little nucleus of friendly relations which mitigated the crudeness of her course in lingering with the Gormers after their return.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
4  That would make three of us for a nucleus.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Example Sentence:
1  Instruments on board include the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer which will analyse the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.
2  Instruments on board will analyze the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.
3  They are discussing the specific case of a neutron found outside the nucleus.
4  DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.
5  These paintings will form the nucleus of a new collection.