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Nuclear weapons design means the physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There
Nuclear_weapon_design
Category of U.S. top secret classified data
Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information (CNWDI, often pronounced SIN-widdy or SIN-wuh-dee) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) category of Top Secret
Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information
Critical_Nuclear_Weapon_Design_Information
Energy released in nuclear weapons explosions
yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released such as blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation, when that particular nuclear weapon is detonated
Nuclear_weapon_yield
Type of explosive arms
Nuclear weapons delivery is the technology and systems used to place a nuclear weapon at the position of detonation, on or near its target. All nine nuclear
Nuclear_weapons_delivery
possess nuclear weapons, though only eight formally acknowledge possessing them. In order of first successful nuclear test, the world's nine nuclear-armed
List of states with nuclear weapons
List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
Core of a nuclear implosion weapon
In nuclear weapon design, the pit is the core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded
Pit_(nuclear_weapon)
History of technical design of modern hydrogen bombs
Teller-Ulam design with the very high-yield Ivy Mike test in 1952. The design was independently devised and then tested by teams of nuclear weapons scientists
History of the Teller–Ulam design
History_of_the_Teller–Ulam_design
2-stage nuclear weapon
thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon, using nuclear fusion. The most destructive weapons ever created
Thermonuclear_weapon
Fission-based nuclear weapon
Gun-type fission weapons are fission-based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the "gun"
Gun-type_fission_weapon
Explosion from fission or fusion reaction
and a pure fusion weapon remains a hypothetical device. Nuclear explosions are used in nuclear weapons and nuclear testing. Nuclear explosions are extremely
Nuclear_explosion
Nuclear weapon designed for use on a battlefield
A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon (NSNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations
Tactical_nuclear_weapon
Earth-penetrating nuclear weapon
component of the weapon is designed to penetrate soil, rock, or concrete to deliver a nuclear warhead to an underground target. These weapons would be used
Nuclear_bunker_buster
the former Soviet nuclear weapons, delivery system, and significant knowledge of its design and production. While all these weapons were located on Ukrainian
Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Nuclear weapon component
In a nuclear weapon, a tamper is an optional layer of dense material surrounding the fissile material. It is used in nuclear weapon design to reduce the
Tamper_(nuclear_weapon)
World's atomic warhead designs, 1945–present
are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and air. American nuclear weapons of all types – bombs, warheads
List_of_nuclear_weapons
of nuclear weapons is the world's third-largest, estimated at 620 nuclear warheads as of 2026[update]. China was the fifth country to develop nuclear weapons
Nuclear_weapons_of_China
Legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is the first legally binding international agreement to
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Treaty_on_the_Prohibition_of_Nuclear_Weapons
Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear
Nuclear_weapons_testing
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
perceived simplicity, the gun-type nuclear weapon design was the first approach pursued by the scientists working on bomb design during the Manhattan Project
Little_Boy
The United States holds the second largest arsenal of nuclear weapons among the nine nuclear-armed countries. Under the Manhattan Project, the United States
Nuclear weapons of the United States
Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States
Nuclear weapon design
The Mark 5 nuclear bomb and W5 nuclear warhead were a common core American nuclear weapon design, designed in the early 1950s and which saw service from
Mark_5_nuclear_bomb
Smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction
is an important parameter of a nuclear reactor core or nuclear weapon. The concept is important in nuclear weapon design. Critical size is the minimum
Critical_mass
of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As of 2025[update], the stockpile country's nuclear forces, the Force
France and weapons of mass destruction
France_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Codename for 1950s proposed American nuclear weapon
massive nuclear bombs planned for testing by the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch as part of a classified American weapons project
Sundial_(weapon)
Nuclear bomb
nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design. The B61 is of the variable yield ("dial-a-yield" in informal military jargon) design
B61_nuclear_bomb
Nuclear bomb
the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program, American B28s also equipped six Europe-based Canadian CF-104 squadrons known as the RCAF Nuclear Strike Force
B28_nuclear_bomb
conventional explosives. In most cases, the energy released from a nuclear weapon detonated within the lower atmosphere can be approximately divided into
Effects_of_nuclear_explosions
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission (fission or atomic bomb) or
Nuclear_weapon
Idealised cavity in radiative equilibrium
targets, and generating thermal radiation waves. They may also be used in nuclear weapon designs. The indirect drive approach to inertial confinement fusion
Hohlraum
American nuclear bomb design
yield fission bomb produced by the US. The Mark 18 had a design yield of 500 kilotons. Nuclear weapon designer Ted Taylor was the lead designer for the Mark
Mark_18_nuclear_bomb
Since their first use in warfare in August 1945, nuclear weapons and their potential effects have been a recurring motif in popular culture, to the extent
Nuclear weapons in popular culture
Nuclear_weapons_in_popular_culture
ever acquire a nuclear weapons capability, and the only state to relinquish them. South Africa's nuclear weapons doctrine was designed for political leverage
South Africa and weapons of mass destruction
South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery
Israel_and_nuclear_weapons
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
known as Mark III) was the design of the nuclear weapon the United States used for seven of the first eight nuclear weapons ever detonated in history.
Fat_Man
Low-yield thermonuclear weapon
officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate
Neutron_bomb
Espionage related to the creation of nuclear weapons
secrets, all nations with nuclear weapons have strict restrictions against the giving of information relating to nuclear weapon design, stockpiles, delivery
Nuclear_espionage
Spread of nuclear weapons
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons to additional countries, particularly those not recognized as nuclear-weapon states by the Treaty
Nuclear_proliferation
Uranium processed to increase the percentage of uranium-235
neutrons. Enriched uranium is used in both civil nuclear power generation and military nuclear weapons. Low-enriched uranium (LEU), containing less than
Enriched_uranium
Type of nuclear weapon
fission weapon is a type of nuclear weapon that makes use of a small amount of fusion fuel to increase the rate, and thus yield, of a nuclear fission
Boosted_fission_weapon
Design of interior spaces to benefit its occupants
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the
Interior_design
Residual radioactive material following a nuclear blast
fallout effects on an ecosystem Nuclear terrorism Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearny Nuclear weapon design Potassium iodide Project GABRIEL
Nuclear_fallout
Nuclear weapon that can be transported in a suitcase
suitcase nuclear device (also suitcase nuke, suitcase bomb, backpack nuke, snuke, mini-nuke, and pocket nuke) is a tactical nuclear weapon that is portable
Suitcase_nuclear_device
Act of eliminating nuclear weapons
Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons. Its end state can also be a nuclear-weapons-free world, in which nuclear weapons
Nuclear_disarmament
American thermonuclear gravity bomb
The B83 nuclear bomb is an unguided variable-yield thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the late 1970s. Designed by Lawrence Livermore
B83_nuclear_bomb
Neutron source used in some nuclear weapons
producing a burst of neutrons on activation. It is a crucial part of some nuclear weapons, as its role is to "kick-start" the chain reaction at the optimal moment
Modulated_neutron_initiator
Nuclear material pure enough to be used for nuclear weapons
Weapons-grade nuclear material is any fissionable nuclear material that is pure enough to make a nuclear weapon and has properties that make it particularly
Weapons-grade nuclear material
Weapons-grade_nuclear_material
Hypothetical nuclear weapon
A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium
Pure_fusion_weapon
made during the 1930s, the United Kingdom began the world's first nuclear weapons research project, codenamed Tube Alloys, in 1941, during World War
History_of_nuclear_weapons
Hypothetical salted nuclear bomb
A cobalt bomb is a type of salted bomb: a nuclear weapon designed to produce enhanced amounts of radioactive fallout, intended to contaminate a large
Cobalt_bomb
Material used in US nuclear weapons
interstage material in a nuclear warhead; i.e., a material designed to become a superheated plasma following the detonation of the weapon's fission stage, the
Fogbank
Russian program to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War II
Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War II. Physicist Georgy Flyorov, suspecting a Western Allied nuclear program, urged Stalin
Soviet_atomic_bomb_project
1949 Soviet nuclear bomb test
romanized: Pyérvaya mólniya, IPA: [ˈpʲervəjə ˈmolnʲɪjə]), was the first nuclear weapons test that was conducted by the Soviet Union. It was detonated on 29 August
RDS-1
possess nuclear weapons. Pakistan is not party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Pakistan's arsenal is estimated at 170 nuclear weapons as of 2025
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
1996 treaty banning all nuclear weapons testing
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
International treaty
nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons
First British operational high-yield strategic nuclear weapon warhead
Yellow Sun was the first British operational high-yield strategic nuclear weapon warhead. The name refers only to the outer casing; the warhead (or physics
Yellow_Sun_(nuclear_weapon)
Aspect of nuclear deterrence strategy
Nuclear sharing is a concept in deterrence theory in which a nuclear-armed country deploys nuclear weapons on the territory of a country that does not
Nuclear_sharing
1991, the world's largest stockpiles of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. It carried out its first nuclear test in 1949 and its first multi-stage
Soviet Union and weapons of mass destruction
Soviet_Union_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
American nuclear recoilless gun
Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that
Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)
test nuclear weapons. The UK is one of nine nuclear-armed states, and one of five recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. As
Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom
Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom
Type of nuclear weapon
bomb is a nuclear weapon designed to function as a radiological weapon by producing larger quantities of radioactive fallout than unsalted nuclear arms. This
Salted_bomb
US 1960s-era study into nuclear weapons to create beams of plasma
Project Casaba-Howitzer was a 1960s-era study into the use of nuclear weapons as the drivers for intense beams of plasma for use in space warfare. The
Casaba-Howitzer
Cold War project to demonstrate the ease of building nuclear weapons
summary, lab weapons experts apparently judged that the team had come up with a credible design for a two-point implosion-style nuclear weapon. It was also
Nth_Country_Experiment
Nuclear weapons used on strategic targets outside of battlefields
A strategic nuclear weapon (SNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on targets often in settled territory far from the battlefield as part
Strategic_nuclear_weapon
U.S. government classification system
DATA. Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information (CNWDI, colloquially pronounced "Sin-Widdy") reveals the theory of operation or design of the components
Classified information in the United States
Classified_information_in_the_United_States
Reverse-engineering without infringing copyright
Clean-room design (also known as the Chinese wall technique) is the method of copying a design by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing
Clean-room_design
Interdisciplinary branch of design and fine arts
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages
Graphic_design
arsenal of nuclear weapons, with 5,420 nuclear warheads, with 1,794 deployed. It also inherited the expansive Soviet biological and chemical weapons programs
Russia and weapons of mass destruction
Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
develop nuclear weapons. As of 2026[update], India is estimated to possess 190 nuclear weapons. India previously developed chemical weapons, and is a
India and weapons of mass destruction
India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Sound track creation
Sound design is the art and practice of creating auditory elements of media. It involves specifying, acquiring and creating audio using production techniques
Sound_design
Aspect of Japan's military history
biological weapons (CBW) during the Second Sino-Japanese War as part of Japanese war crimes. Japan is the only country ever attacked with nuclear weapons, by
Japan and weapons of mass destruction
Japan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Department of Defense. Retrieved 2025-02-06. "Tsar Bomba: The Most Powerful Nuclear Weapon Ever Built". HowStuffWorks. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2025-02-06. "Manhattan
List_of_bombs
British tactical nuclear weapon
Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. It was carried by Royal Air Force (RAF) English Electric Canberra medium bombers and the V bomber
Red_Beard_(nuclear_weapon)
Experimental nuclear weapon
250 cm, 2,700 kg to 2,900 kg). The Mark 13 design used a 92-point nuclear implosion system (see Nuclear weapon design). A similar 92-point system was used in
Mark_13_nuclear_bomb
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
neutron stars and black holes. In 1941, Oppenheimer was briefed about nuclear weapon design by Australian physicist Mark Oliphant. In 1942, Oppenheimer was
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Approach for designing software
Design by contract (DbC), also known as contract programming, programming by contract and design-by-contract programming, is an approach for designing
Design_by_contract
Planning, drafting, design and development of hotels
Hotel design involves the planning, drafting, design and development of hotels. The concept of hotel design is rooted in traditions of hospitality to
Hotel_design
Type of design
Service design is the activity of planning and arranging people, infrastructure, communication, and material components of a service in order to improve
Service_design
American high-yield thermonuclear weapon
was a thermonuclear weapon deployed by the United States Strategic Air Command in the early 1960s. It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed
B41_nuclear_bomb
This timeline of nuclear weapons development is a chronological catalog of the evolution of nuclear weapons rooting from the development of the science
Timeline of nuclear weapons development
Timeline_of_nuclear_weapons_development
Most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested
Ivan or Vanya, internal designation "AN602") is the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. A project of the Soviet
Tsar_Bomba
Nuclear weapon (development abandoned)
State. The "Thin Man" design was an early nuclear weapon design proposed before plutonium had been successfully bred in a nuclear reactor from the irradiation
Thin_Man_(nuclear_bomb)
Construction project delivery system
Design–build (or design/build or design and build, and abbreviated D–B, D/B or D&B accordingly), also known as alternative delivery, is a project delivery
Design–build
Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military
List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests
Weapon that can kill many people or cause great damage
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people
Weapon_of_mass_destruction
Access control device for nuclear weapons
control security device for nuclear weapons. Its purpose is to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of a nuclear weapon. The United States federal
Permissive_action_link
Art of applying design and aesthetics to clothing and accessories
Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by
Fashion_design
own weapons of mass destruction. Canada participated in NATO’s nuclear mission between 1963 and 1984, which included the hosting of US nuclear weapons on
Canada and weapons of mass destruction
Canada_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Nuclear explosion with much less than expected yield
occurs when the detonation of a device for creating a nuclear explosion (such as a nuclear weapon) grossly fails to meet its expected yield. The device
Fizzle_(nuclear_explosion)
actually mastered all aspects of nuclear weapons technology – ranging from material production to complex nuclear weapon design needed to produce the final
2006 North Korean nuclear test
2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test
Air-dropped nuclear fission weapon
The Mark 4 nuclear bomb was an American implosion-type nuclear bomb based on the earlier Mark 3 Fat Man design, used in the Trinity test and the bombing
Mark_4_nuclear_bomb
Destruction of objects by self-collapsing
compressed, or converted into a denser material. In an implosion-type nuclear weapon design, a sphere of plutonium, uranium, or other fissile material is imploded
Implosion (mechanical process)
Implosion_(mechanical_process)
Shaped charge used in nuclear weapons
An explosive lens—as used, for example, in nuclear weapons—is a highly specialized shaped charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive
Explosive_lens
Classification of fissile nuclear material
special nuclear material into three main categories, according to the risk and potential for its direct use in a clandestine nuclear weapon or for its
Special_nuclear_material
Field of economics and game theory
Mechanism design (sometimes implementation theory or institution design) is a branch of economics and game theory. It studies how to construct rules—called
Mechanism_design
American thermonuclear bomb design
in Atwater, California. List of nuclear weapons Nuclear weapon design Teller-Ulam design Mark 17 nuclear bomb Crompton, J; Kohut, F A (August 1958). Aircraft
Mark_24_nuclear_bomb
Crash of US Air Force bomber with nuclear warheads
safeguards meant to prevent that from occurring. One of its nuclear bombs was judged by nuclear weapons engineers at the time to have been only one safety switch
1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
Framework of processes with focus on users, uses, and tasks
User-centered design (UCD) or user-driven development (UDD) is a framework of processes in which usability goals, user characteristics, environment, tasks
User-centered_design
Taiwan pursued a number of weapons of mass destruction programs from 1949 to the late 1980s. The final secret nuclear weapons program was shut down in the
Taiwan and weapons of mass destruction
Taiwan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Processes by which design concepts are developed
Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge
Design_thinking
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of numerous places named Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.English : variant of Whetstone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a deacon, or perhaps more probably for his servant. In Middle English two forms coalesced: deakne, from Old English, and diacne, from Old French. Both are ultimately from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos ‘servant’.Irish : when not of English origin; it was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, it may be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deocáin ‘descendant of Deocán’, a personal name of uncertain derivation and meaning.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Weedon.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Arrow, Weapon
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a habitational name from Neaton in Norfolk. However, the modern surname occurs chiefly in the English Midlands suggesting a different source may be involved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire called Weldon, from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : variant of Weston.John Wesson came from England to Salem, MA, in 1644.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from places in Lancashire and East and West Yorkshire named Weeton, from Old English wīðig ‘willow’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Robert Wheaton came from England to Rehoboth, MA, in about 1636.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Weapon
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Weapon
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Greek word diakonos, DEACON means "servant."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Trishul | தà¯à®°à®¿à®·à¯‚லÂ
Shivas weapon
Trishul | தà¯à®°à®¿à®·à¯‚லÂ
Male
English
English patronymic surname transferred to forename use, EASON means "son of Eade."Â
Girl/Female
Latin
Sweet.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Éamon, EAMON means "protector of prosperity."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Welton, for example in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and East Yorkshire, from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire called Weedon, named in Old English with wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Yeadon, a place in West Yorkshire, named from Old English gǣh ‘steep’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire. The first element is uncertain, but may be Old English hlēo ‘shelter’ or (ge)lǣt ‘watercourse’ (modern English ‘leat’). The second element is Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant spelling of Weedon.
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Cheek; Face; Red Rose Cheek
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Telugu
King; Sovereign King
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Indian, Latin, Muslim
From Cyprus
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sun
Girl/Female
Hawaiian Spanish American Teutonic
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Free Spirit
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a Germanic personal name formed with an element reflected in Gothic hrotheigs ‘victorious’ (which in Old High German merges with rÅt ‘red’).English : variant spelling of Grubb.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
A Newly Born Bud
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sireesha | ஸீரிஷாÂ
Flower name, Sacred
Girl/Female
Hindu
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
NUCLEAR WEAPON-DESIGN
a.
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
n.
Weapon.
v. t.
To castrate; to make a capon of.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
a.
Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.
v. t.
To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
n.
Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
pl.
of Nucleus
v. t.
To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
v. t.
To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleated.
v. t.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
a.
Alt. of Nuclear
n.
An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
a.
Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face.
v. t.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
v. t.
To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
a.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
v. t.
To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
n.
Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.