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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reactor has 2 senses
- reactor(n = noun.artifact) Array - an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit; Array has particulars: coil
- reactor(n = noun.artifact) nuclear 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
is a kind of electrical device
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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
reactor, n.
1 a person or thing that reacts.
2 (in full nuclear reactor) an apparatus or structure in which a controlled nuclear chain reaction releases energy.
3 Electr. a component used to provide reactance, esp. an inductor.
4 an apparatus for the chemical reaction of substances.
5 Med. a person who has a reaction to a drug etc.
1 a person or thing that reacts.
2 (in full nuclear reactor) an apparatus or structure in which a controlled nuclear chain reaction releases energy.
3 Electr. a component used to provide reactance, esp. an inductor.
4 an apparatus for the chemical reaction of substances.
5 Med. a person who has a reaction to a drug etc.
THESAURUS
reactor
atomic pile, breeder reactor, bricks, chain reactor, chain-reacting pile, fast pile, furnace, heterogeneous reactor, homogeneous reactor, intermediate pile, lattice, neutron factory, nuclear furnace, pile, plutonium reactor, power reactor, power-breeder reactor, radioactive waste, reactor pile, rods, slow pile, stellarator, uranium reactor
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