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nuclear reactor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nuclear reactor has 1 sense
- nuclear reactor(n = noun.artifact) reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements; Array is a kind of apparatus, setup
has particulars: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor, pile, breeder reactor, fast reactor, gas-cooled reactor, liquid metal reactor, thermal reactor, fusion reactor, thermonuclear reactor, water-cooled reactor
has parts: control rod, core, moderator
CIDE DICTIONARY
nuclear reactor, n.
Any of several devices that maintain and control a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction, for the production of energy, heat, or artificial elements, or for research purposes. The main fuel sustaining the reaction and consumed by the process is typically uranium or plutonium. [WordNet 1.5]
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