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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /riˈæktər/ · UK /riˈæktə/
Forms: reactors
reactor means: A machine that produces heat by splitting atoms, often to make electricity.
noun
A machine that produces heat by splitting atoms, often to make electricity.
- The reactor produces heat.
- Engineers shut down the nuclear reactor yesterday.
- The plant’s two reactors supply electricity to nearby cities.
A container or machine in which chemicals change when they are mixed, heated, or treated.
- The chemicals enter a reactor.
- They heated the mixture inside the reactor.
- The factory uses three reactors to make this material.
A person who responds to something that happens or is suggested.
- He is a slow reactor.
- Quick reactors answered before the question was finished.
- As a reactor to criticism, she tends to stay calm.
A chemical that changes when it touches or mixes with another chemical.
- This substance acts as a reactor.
- The reactor changed color when acid was added.
- They tested several reactors with the same solution.
Questions about reactor
What does reactor mean?
A machine that produces heat by splitting atoms, often to make electricity.
What is reactor in other languages?
Türkçe: nükleer reaktör · Español: reactor nuclear · Français: réacteur nucléaire · Deutsch: Kernreaktor · Italiano: reattore nucleare · 日本語: 原子炉
How do you pronounce reactor?
In American English /riˈæktər/; in British English /riˈæktə/.
How do you use reactor in a sentence?
The reactor produces heat. Engineers shut down the nuclear reactor yesterday.
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