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reactor
[ ree-ak-ter ]
noun
- Electricity. a device whose primary purpose is to introduce reactance into a circuit.
- Immunology, Veterinary Medicine. a patient or animal that reacts positively towards a foreign material.
- Physics. nuclear reactor ( def ).
- Chemistry. (especially in industry) a large container, as a vat, for processes in which the substances involved undergo a chemical reaction.
reactor
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noun
- chem a substance, such as a reagent, that undergoes a reaction
- short for nuclear reactor
- a vessel, esp one in industrial use, in which a chemical reaction takes place
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance that introduces reactance into a circuit
- med a person sensitive to a particular drug or agent
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôr±ð·²¹³¦î€ƒt´Ç°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of reactor1
Example Sentences
A nuclear reactor at the site in Cumbria caught fire and burned for three days, releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere.
It has accelerated its enrichment of uranium - used to make reactor fuel but also potentially nuclear bombs - to close to weapons-grade.
In North Wales, there are plans to build such a reactor, which will cost £400m.
Barbara Keys, a professor of US history at Durham University, took a look at an AI-generated video of someone working at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 6 April 1986, the day the reactor exploded.
Japan now operates 14 commercial nuclear reactors, compared to 54 before the Fukushima disaster when 30% of the country's energy was from nuclear sources.
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