kodols

kodols m (1st declension)

1. core, kernel (internal part of a fruit or nut, covered by a shell)

   rieksta kodols ― nut kernel

   plūmju kauliņa kodols ― plum kernel

2. core, centre, nucleus (central internal part of something)

   zemes kodols ― Earth core, centre

   komētas kodols ― comet core

   šūnas kodols ― cell nucleus

   atoma kodols ― atom nucleus

3. (physics, also atoma kodols) atomic nucleus

   kodola daļiņa ― nuclear particle

   termiskās kodolu reakcijas ― thermonuclear reactions

   kodolu dalīšanās ― nuclear fusion (lit. nuclear splitting)

4. core, essence, essential point

   temata, problēmas kodols ― the core of the topic, problem

   filmas sižetiskais kodols ― the core of the film plot

   lietas, runas kodols ― the essential point of the topic, of the speech

• kodolbumba
• kodolierocis

• atoms
• elektrons
• neitrons
• protons