reactor
Americannoun
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Electricity. a device whose primary purpose is to introduce reactance into a circuit.
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Immunology, Veterinary Medicine. a patient or animal that reacts positively towards a foreign material.
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Physics. nuclear reactor.
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Chemistry. (especially in industry) a large container, as a vat, for processes in which the substances involved undergo a chemical reaction.
noun
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chem a substance, such as a reagent, that undergoes a reaction
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short for nuclear reactor
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a vessel, esp one in industrial use, in which a chemical reaction takes place
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a coil of low resistance and high inductance that introduces reactance into a circuit
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med a person sensitive to a particular drug or agent
Other Word Forms
- nonreactor noun
Etymology
Origin of reactor
First recorded in 1885–90; 1940–45 reactor for def. 4; react + -or 2
Example Sentences
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The Modi government has been bullish on civilian nuclear power and wants to build more reactors, but it needs a steady supply of uranium to sustain the plan.
From BBC
“We are now entering a new phase in the golden age of nuclear,” declared Michael Shanks, a U.K. energy minister, as he recently talked up the country’s plans to attract private investment in new reactors.
All of its customers combined use about 2.4 gigawatts of power capacity, or as much as is provided by two to three large nuclear reactors.
From Barron's
Australia has paid for the first British-built parts of nuclear reactors to power a future SSN-AUKUS stealth submarine, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's
Writing in Nature Communications, the team describes how they used a miniature electrochemical reactor to produce pores that approach subnanometer dimensions.
From Science Daily
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