nucleation
The first stage of a phase transition in a small region.
Other meanings
The formation of cell nuclei.
Related words
- binucleation
- centronucleation
- denucleation
- epinucleation
- exonucleation
- heteronucleation
- micronucleation
- misnucleation
- mononucleation
- multinucleation
- postnucleation
- prenucleation
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