reactor

UK /ɹiˈæktɚ/ US /ɹiˈæktɚ/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.

Altman seees his characters as total reactors; everything they do and say is in response to their environment. They do not seem to exist with lives or qualities of their own.

2

A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.

3

A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.

It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology.

It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants.

4

A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

5

An electrical component with reactance

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