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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam_Webster_Dictionary Merriam-Webster] dates the term back to 1947, whilst the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] has a [[reference]] to the term from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925 1925]; thus it is relatively new, although ''nuclear family'' [[structures]] themselves date back thousands of years. The term nuclear is used in its general [[meaning]] referring to a central [[entity]] or "[[nucleus]]" around which others collect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam_Webster_Dictionary Merriam-Webster] dates the term back to 1947, whilst the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] has a [[reference]] to the term from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925 1925]; thus it is relatively new, although ''nuclear family'' [[structures]] themselves date back thousands of years. The term nuclear is used in its general [[meaning]] referring to a central [[entity]] or "[[nucleus]]" around which others collect.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947 1947]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947 1947]

==Definition==

==Definition==

*1: a [[family]] group that consists only of [[father]], [[mother]], and [[children]]

*1: a [[family]] group that consists only of [[father]], [[mother]], and [[children]]