reactor

reactor nuclear

Máquina que genera calor al dividir átomos, a menudo para producir electricidad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: nuclear reactor

Expresiones frecuentes: nuclear reactor, reactor core, power reactor

reactor

Recipiente o máquina donde las sustancias químicas se transforman al mezclarlas, calentarlas o tratarlas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: reaction vessel

Expresiones frecuentes: chemical reactor, reactor vessel, inside the reactor

respondiente

Persona que reacciona ante un suceso o una propuesta.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: reactor to something (She is a quick reactor to sudden changes.)

Sinónimos: responder

Expresiones frecuentes: quick reactor, slow reactor

reactivo

Sustancia química que se transforma al tocar otra sustancia o mezclarse con ella.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: reactant, reagent

Expresiones frecuentes: chemical reactor, add a reactor