atomic weapon
31weapon — weap|on W2S2 [ˈwepən] n [: Old English; Origin: wApen] 1.) something that you use to fight with or attack someone with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun nuclear/chemical/biological/atomic etc weapons ▪ The police are still looking for the murder… …
32Atomic Energy Commission — a former federal agency (1946 75) created to regulate the development of the U.S. atomic energy program: functions transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Abbr.: AEC * * * ▪ United States organization (AEC), U.S. federal… …
33weapon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An instrument for combat] Syn. armament, protection, weaponry, deadly weapon, hardware, sophisticated hardware, lethal weapon, defense. Weapons include: club, spear,… …
34Atomic bomb — Atom bomb At om bomb , Atomic bomb A*tom ic bomb . a bomb of great power in which the explosive energy is derived from the nuclear fission of a fissionable material, such as plutonium or uranium 235. It is a type of nuclear weapon. The strength… …
35atomic — adj. Atomic is used with these nouns: ↑bomb, ↑clock, ↑energy, ↑explosion, ↑mass, ↑physicist, ↑physics, ↑structure, ↑submarine, ↑test, ↑war, ↑weapon …
36atomic bomb — noun Date: 1917 1. a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction called also… …
37atomic bomb — noun A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission …
38atomic bomb — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. atom bomb, A bomb, nuclear weapon; see nuclear bomb . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. see nuclear bomb …
39nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
40Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
