Nucleus The small, dense center of positive charge in an atom

Nucleus the small, dense center of positive charge in an atom. (2.5)... 

Nucleotide a monomer of the nucleic acids composed of a five-carbon sugar, a nitrogen-containing base, and phosphoric acid. (22.6) Nucleus the small, dense center of positive charge in an atom. (2.4) Nuclide the general term applied to each unique atom represented by X, where X is the symbol for a particular element. (19)... 

From his gold-foil experiments, Rutherford realized that the protons must be contained in a small, positively charged region at the center of the atom, which he called the nucleus. He proposed that the electrons in the atom occupy the space surrounding the nucleus through which most of the particles traveled undisturbed. Only the particles that came near this dense, positive center were deflected. If an atom were the size of a football stadium, the nucleus would be about the size of a golf ball placed in the center of the field. 

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