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nucleate
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nu·cle·ate (nkl-t, -t)
adj.
Nucleated.
v. (-t)
1. To form into a nucleus.
2. To serve or act as a nucleus for.
3. To provide a nucleus for.
n.
A salt of a nucleic acid.


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The crosslinking structures of thermosetting polymers can inhibit the chain mobility and enhance the necessary free energy of nucleations, and hence have a great impact on the crystallization of crystalline polymers.
As people fled to the suburbs an escalating proportion of new office building construction followed, where the complete reliance on cars and highways has fostered a linear pattern of office development with few true nucleations of office buildings.
This could be due to the occurrence of multiple nucleations, ultimately resulting in the formation of loops and tie molecules [60], which contributes to hindrance in chain folding.
 
 
 
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