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Graphite used as a reflector or moderator within a nuclear reactor
Nuclear graphite is any grade of graphite, usually synthetic graphite, manufactured for use as a moderator or reflector within a nuclear reactor. Graphite
Nuclear_graphite
Type of nuclear reactor
used nuclear graphite as a moderator. Graphite-moderated reactors were involved in two of the best-known nuclear disasters: an untested graphite annealing
Graphite-moderated_reactor
Crystalline form of carbon
Graphite (/ˈɡræfaɪt/) is a crystalline allotrope (form) of the element carbon. It consists of many stacked layers of graphene, typically in excess of hundreds
Graphite
Part of a reactor containing the fuel
the neutron reactions. There are also graphite moderated reactors in use. One type uses solid nuclear graphite for the neutron moderator and ordinary
Nuclear_reactor_core
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
moshchnosti kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is somewhat
RBMK
Decommissioned nuclear reactor in Tennessee, US
The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile
X-10_Graphite_Reactor
World's first human-made nuclear reactor
absorption cross section of 4.97 mbarns, the AGOT graphite is considered as the first true nuclear-grade graphite. By November 1942, National Carbon had shipped
Chicago_Pile-1
Type of British nuclear reactor
type of nuclear reactor designed and operated by the United Kingdom. These are the second generation of British gas-cooled reactors, using graphite as the
Advanced_gas-cooled_reactor
Topics referred to by the same term
Israeli company Paragon Solutions Nuclear graphite, synthetic graphite used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors Graphite bomb, a weapon for disabling
Graphite_(disambiguation)
Nuclear power safety method that does not require electrical power nor intervention
molten salt reactor run by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was nuclear graphite moderated and the coolant salt used was FLiBe, which also carried the
Passive_nuclear_safety
Type of very-high-temperature reactor
is a type of nuclear reactor where the nuclear fuel is contained within a bed of pyrolytic graphite spheres (pebbles), with the graphite serving as a
Pebble-bed_reactor
First industrial-scale reactor in the Soviet Union
nuclear reactor to go critical in the Soviet Union, and the first geographically situated in Asia. It was designed as a light water-cooled, graphite-moderated
A-1_(nuclear_reactor)
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
of luminescence for graphite at 700°C and not a large-scale graphite fire, as some have incorrectly assumed." Similarly, nuclear physicist Yevgeny Velikhov
Chernobyl_disaster
The light water graphite reactor (LWGR) is a design of nuclear reactor that uses purified graphite as a neutron moderator and light water (H2O) as a liquid
Light_water_graphite_reactor
content graphite, which resulted in the product "AGOT Graphite" of National Carbon. According to W. P. Eatherly, it was "the first true nuclear grade graphite"
Herbert_G._MacPherson
Nuclear research reactor in Moscow, Russia
structure with a diameter of about 6 meters is made of loose graphite bricks. The graphite stack has holes in which fuel and control rods are placed, as
F-1_(nuclear_reactor)
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
enrichment, or burnup, and the now-obsolete Light water graphite reactor. During early 1940s nuclear research, the phrase "atomic pile" was used for any assembly
Nuclear_reactor
Proposed nuclear battery concept
nuclear chain reactions can occur with thermal neutrons. During their use, some of the non-radioactive carbon-12 and carbon-13 isotopes in graphite get
Diamond_battery
Type of nuclear reactor
is also easy and inexpensive to obtain unlike heavy water or even nuclear graphite. Compared to reactors operating on natural uranium, PWRs can achieve
Pressurized_water_reactor
Type of nuclear reactor that operates at high temperatures as part of normal operation
gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a type of gas-cooled nuclear reactor which uses uranium fuel and graphite moderation to produce very high reactor core output
High-temperature gas-cooled reactor
High-temperature_gas-cooled_reactor
British materials scientist (born 1966)
crystallography of engineering materials, mainly ceramic matrix composite and nuclear graphite. James Marrow was born on 23 November 1966 in Bromborough, Wirral to
James_Marrow
1st episode of Chernobyl
believe that the Nuclear Core exploded despite both hearing the claims of some of the workers and seeing the scattered nuclear graphite on the roof of one
1:23:45
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
unsuitable for non-nuclear uses but the 14 C concentration will be too low for use in nuclear batteries without enrichment. Nuclear graphite discharged from
Nuclear_fuel
US Nuclear thermal rocket engine project (1956–1973)
outlined the design of a nuclear-powered rocket with a solid-core graphite heat exchanger. They reluctantly concluded that although nuclear thermal rockets were
NERVA
Smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction
gradient and nonlinear neutron irradiation on the stress in nuclear graphite reflector". Nuclear Engineering and Design. 431 113715. Bibcode:2025NuEnD.43113715Y
Critical_mass
U.S. project to build a nuclear thermal rocket
coolant. Nuclear graphite and beryllium were used as neutron moderators and neutron reflectors. The engines were controlled by drums with graphite or beryllium
Project_Rover
Reaction that splits an atomic nucleus
heavy water, and graphite. According to John C. Lee, "For all nuclear reactors in operation and those under development, the nuclear fuel cycle is based
Nuclear_fission
Process of transforming certain materials into graphite
carbon materials, such as graphite electrodes used in fuel cells, nuclear reactors or metallurgical applications. Graphitization is of particular interest
Graphitization
Nuclear reactor where the coolant is liquid metal
(2023-03-13). "Sodium Graphite Reactors". What is Nuclear?. Retrieved 2026-06-09. Starr, Chauncey; Dickinson, Robert W. (1958). Sodium Graphite Reactors (PDF)
Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor
2019 historical drama television miniseries
been widely praised. Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the April 1986 nuclear plant disaster which occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Chernobyl_(miniseries)
Type of nuclear reactor, CO2 or He cooled
A gas-cooled reactor (GCR) is a nuclear reactor that uses graphite as a neutron moderator and a gas (carbon dioxide or helium in extant designs) as coolant
Gas-cooled_reactor
Type of spacecraft propulsion system
developed. Nuclear fuel would be highly enriched uranium encapsulated in low-boron graphite balls probably 5–10 cm in diameter. The graphite would also
Nuclear_electric_rocket
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine
(3 mi) northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper River. The RBMK type graphite-moderated reactor used in this plant is considered an unusual design. It
Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Former air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors
The Windscale Piles were two air-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactors on the Windscale nuclear site in Cumberland (now known as Sellafield site,
Windscale_Piles
US nuclear ramjet project, 1957–1964
criticality with reduced fuel, the core was surrounded by a thick nuclear graphite neutron reflector. The Tory II-A design process was completed by early
Project_Pluto
in March 1944, becoming the world's fourth nuclear reactor. It tested the purity of the nuclear graphite and refined uranium used for all subsequent
305_Test_Pile
Chemical element with atomic number 6 (C)
ship cargo holds and coal bunkers, and storage dumps. In nuclear applications where graphite is used as a neutron moderator, accumulation of Wigner energy
Carbon
Chemical synthesis process
Acheson process is a method of synthesizing silicon carbide (SiC) and graphite invented by Edward Goodrich Acheson and patented by him in 1896. The process
Acheson_process
Material similar to graphite
rocket motors, heat shields, laboratory furnaces, in graphite-reinforced plastic, coating nuclear fuel particles, and in biomedical prostheses. It was
Pyrolytic_carbon
Field of physics dealing with nuclear reactors
an assembly of nuclear fuel (a reactor core), usually surrounded by a neutron moderator such as regular water, heavy water, graphite, or zirconium hydride
Nuclear_reactor_physics
Nuclear reactor, Oak Ridge 1965–1969
15,300 lbs (6,940 kg) coolant pump circulating: 23,566 h Moderator: nuclear graphite Container: Hastelloy-N First fuel: U-235 first critical: 1 June 1965
Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
Reactor accident due to core overheating
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage
Nuclear_meltdown
defuelling earlier than planned due to cracks in the graphite bricks in the reactors. In 2023, the civil nuclear sector in the UK employed about 77,400 people
Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom
Topics referred to by the same term
laboratory and the site of several active and historical nuclear energy projects X-10 Graphite Reactor, on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus, built
Oak_Ridge_nuclear_facility
Nuclear power plant in Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
between the fuel channels and the graphite stack (contaminated during the 1975 accident) had widened. The contaminated graphite was spilled, and the radiation
Leningrad_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Substance that slows down particles with no electric charge
The Nazi Nuclear Program suffered a substantial setback when its inexpensive graphite moderators failed to function. At that time, most graphites were deposited
Neutron_moderator
Type of nuclear reactor that uses normal water
nuclear chain reaction, early experimental results rapidly showed that natural uranium could only undergo a sustained chain reaction using graphite or
Light-water_reactor
Type of nuclear fission reactor
spent nuclear fuel per kilowatt, and up to thirty-five times more waste generated by neutron activation, such as activated steel and graphite. The authors
Small_modular_reactor
Type of nuclear reactor
The UNGG (Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz) is an obsolete nuclear power reactor design developed in France. It was graphite moderated, cooled by carbon dioxide
UNGG_reactor
Scale to enable communication of safety information in nuclear accidents
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
International_Nuclear_and_Radiological_Event_Scale
Johns, Steve; Windes, William E. (1981-09-01). "Nuclear graphite—The first years". Journal of Nuclear Materials. 100 (1–3). North-Holland: 55–63. Bibcode:1981JNuM
Timeline_of_nuclear_power
New nuclear reactor technologies under development
Generation IV (Gen IV) reactors are nuclear reactor design technologies that are envisioned as successors of generation III reactors. The Generation IV
Generation_IV_reactor
1957 nuclear accident in England
Sellafield) on the north-west coast of England in Cumberland. The two graphite-moderated reactors, referred to at the time as "piles", had been built
Windscale_fire
Naturally occurring uranium self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions
uranium is only 0.72%. A natural nuclear reactor is therefore no longer possible on Earth without heavy water or graphite. The Oklo uranium ore deposits
Natural nuclear fission reactor
Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
Change in nuclear fission rate caused by voids in a reactor
a liquid (e.g., a graphite-moderated, gas-cooled reactor) will have a zero void coefficient. Nuclear fission reactors run on nuclear chain reactions, in
Void_coefficient
Nuclear spacecraft propulsion technology
his research on "thermal jets" powered by a porous graphite-moderated nuclear reactor at the Nuclear Science and Engineering Seminars LIV organized by
Nuclear_thermal_rocket
Decommissioned Colorado nuclear power plant
with the high-grade core graphite and the impact on the gas cleaning system. It was arguable that the memorandums from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Fort Saint Vrain Nuclear Power Plant
Fort_Saint_Vrain_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland
graphite cores. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) had raised concerns over the number of fractures in keyways that locked together the graphite
Hunterston B nuclear power station
Hunterston_B_nuclear_power_station
1994 nuclear agreement between the United States and North Korea
North Korea The main provisions of the agreement were: DPRK's graphite-moderated 5MWe nuclear reactor, and the 50 MWe and 200 MWe reactors under construction
Agreed_Framework
Severe events involving radioactive materials
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Nuclear power plant in Obninsk, Russia (operates 1954–2002)
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Обнинская АЭС, romanized: Obninskaya AES; pronunciation) was built in the "Science City" of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast
Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Nuclear facility in Idaho, United States
Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) is an air-cooled, graphite moderated, thermal spectrum test nuclear reactor designed to test reactor fuels and structural
Transient Reactor Test Facility
Transient_Reactor_Test_Facility
2nd episode of Chernobyl
is exposed after seeing the blue glow of radiation-ionized air and nuclear graphite on the roof. Outside the plant, Legasov and Shcherbina confront Viktor
Please Remain Calm (Chernobyl)
Please_Remain_Calm_(Chernobyl)
all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used
List of commercial nuclear reactors
List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors
Molten salt reactor prototype
rate: ~42 kg/s Cover gas: Argon (0.05 MPa) volume: 1.6 m3 Moderator: nuclear graphite Structural Material: UNS N10003 superalloy Lifetime: 10 years equivalent
TMSR-LF1
Dislocation of atoms in a solid caused by neutron radiation
such as graphite, intended to reduce the speed of fast neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction
Wigner_effect
Decommissioned nuclear power plant
which had to be re-installed twice. The reactor was a helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor fueled by mixed fertile 232Th and fissile 235U carbides
Peach_Bottom_Unit_1
In the United States, nuclear power is provided by 94 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 97 gigawatts (GW), with 63 pressurized water reactors
Nuclear power in the United States
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Scotland
the same as Calder Hall, comprising four 180 MWth graphite moderated, carbon dioxide cooled nuclear reactors fuelled by natural abundance uranium (0.71%
Chapelcross nuclear power station
Chapelcross_nuclear_power_station
Offline nuclear power plant located in Somerset, England
graphite cores. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) had raised concerns over the number of fractures in keyways that lock together the graphite bricks
Hinkley Point B nuclear power station
Hinkley_Point_B_nuclear_power_station
Iranian atomic scientific center
Water Subcritical Reactor (LWSCR) Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (HWZPR) Graphite Subcritical Reactor (GSCR) It was renamed from Uranium Conversion Facility
Isfahan Nuclear Technology/Research Center
Isfahan_Nuclear_Technology/Research_Center
Nuclear reactor design
excellent moderator). The Soviet nuclear program likewise used graphite as a moderator and ultimately developed the graphite-moderated RBMK as a reactor capable
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
Pressurized_heavy-water_reactor
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
kickstarting a commercial nuclear industry. The subcommittee identified five reactor concepts for development, including the PWR, Sodium Graphite Reactor, boiling
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Nuclear power plant located in France
graphite of one of the reactors, causing a brief heat excursion. This was also classified as 4 on the INES and has been called another worst nuclear accident
Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant
Saint-Laurent_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Very small nuclear reactor of 1-20 MW capacity
A nuclear microreactor is a type of nuclear reactor which can be easily assembled and transported by road, rail or air. Microreactors are 100 to 1,000
Nuclear_microreactor
Material with the ability to reflect neutrons; used to control fission reactions
scattering rather than to a specular reflection. Neutron reflectors include graphite, beryllium, steel, tungsten carbide, and gold. A neutron reflector can
Neutron_reflector
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania
Nuclear Power Plant contained two Soviet-designed RBMK-1500 water-cooled graphite-moderated channel-type power reactors. After the Chernobyl disaster of
Ignalina_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor
Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant)
Spent_nuclear_fuel
Form of water
isotopes for nuclear weapons. These heavy water reactors have the advantage of being able to run on natural uranium without using graphite moderators that
Heavy_water
Indian nuclear reactor design
the country. Nuclear power in India Nuclear Reactor Nuclear graphite "Minister updates parliament on Indian SMR project - World Nuclear News" https://www
Bharat_Small_Modular_Reactor
Manhattan Project uranium enrichment facility
the Metallurgical Laboratory project. The X-10 Graphite Reactor was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor after Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile-1 and
Clinton_Engineer_Works
Power generated from nuclear reactions
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion
Nuclear_power
British nuclear weapons research during WW2
concerned that since the Americans were working on nuclear reactor designs using nuclear graphite instead of heavy water as a neutron moderator, that
Tube_Alloys
American manufacturer of batteries and lighting products
the company supplied highly purified carbon for the role as nuclear graphite in nuclear fission experiments carried out by Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard
National_Carbon_Company
North Korean nuclear site
The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located
Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Nyongbyon_Nuclear_Scientific_Research_Center
Type of nuclear reactor
late 1940, the Nazi German nuclear weapons program focused on heavy water piles as their path to a reactor, discounting graphite on erroneous measurements
Heavy-water_reactor
Nuclear power plant in Spain
The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Vandellòs located close to the Coll de Balaguer pass (Baix Camp comarca) in Catalonia, Spain
Vandellòs_Nuclear_Power_Plant
U.S. project 1946–1961
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion
Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion
When one nuclear reaction causes more
In nuclear physics, a nuclear chain reaction occurs when one single nuclear reaction causes an average of one or more subsequent nuclear reactions, thus
Nuclear_chain_reaction
Group of chemical elements
the readily available alternatives such as water, heavy water and nuclear graphite have limited this to niche applications. In the FLiBe eutectic used
Alkaline_earth_metal
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
A molten-salt reactor (MSR) is a class of nuclear fission reactor in which the primary nuclear reactor coolant and/or the fuel is a mixture of molten salt
Molten-salt_reactor
Dual use graphite-moderated reactor, in operation since 1963, expected shutdown in 2010
RBMK - is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union. "Russia's uranium-graphite ADE-2 reactor to become
ADE-2
Research project in Nazi Germany
undertook several research programs relating to nuclear technology, including nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, before and during World War II. These
German nuclear program during World War II
German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II
Canadian heavy water nuclear reactor design
"Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors - World Nuclear Association". world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 27 June 2026. "Canada and China team up on AFCR". World Nuclear News
CANDU_reactor
Materials made only out of carbon
valency (tetravalent). Well-known forms of carbon include diamond and graphite. In recent decades, many more allotropes have been discovered and researched
Allotropes_of_carbon
facilities. In addition, there is a gas-graphite reactor, HE test site, nuclear fuel fabrication site, nuclear waste storage site Kusungsi – Between 1997
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Investigations into the Chernobyl nuclear accident
disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine
Investigations into the Chernobyl disaster
Investigations_into_the_Chernobyl_disaster
First detonation of a nuclear weapon
Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945
Trinity_(nuclear_test)
British experimental nuclear reactor
GLEEP, which stood for Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile, was a long-lived experimental nuclear reactor in Oxfordshire, England. Reaching criticality
GLEEP
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
stellarator W7-X: Conclusions drawn from operation with graphite plasma-facing components". Nuclear Fusion. 62 (1): 016006. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac3508
Fusion_power
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English : probably a habitational name from clere, a component of several place names in north Hampshire (Highclere, Burghclere, Kingsclere). This is of uncertain origin, probably from a Celtic stream name meaning ‘bright’ (cognate with Latin clarus ‘clear’, ‘bright’).English and Irish : variant of Clare.Translation of German Klar 1.
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Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Telugu
Fame; Celebrated
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Tamil
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Queen of Seasons
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Daughter of Heaven; Sister of Night; Dawn
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Hindu
Lord Murugan
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Tamil
Swan, Deer, Soft
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Female sheep name of a Saha
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Indian, Sanskrit
Fond of Poetry
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Tamil
Lord of goodness, Lord venkateswara
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a.
Alt. of Nuclear
superl.
Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
superl.
Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
n.
A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
a.
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
n.
A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
a.
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
pl.
of Nucleus
superl.
Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
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.
adv.
Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
superl.
Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
adv.
In a clear manner; plainly.
v. t.
To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
n.
A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
v. t.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
a.
Having a nucleus; nucleated.
v. t.
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
superl.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.