HyperDic: chain_reactor

English > 1 sense of the expression chain reactor:
NOUNartifactchain reactor, atomic pile, atomic reactor, pilea nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
English > chain reactor: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
Synonymsatomic pile, atomic reactor, pile
Broadernuclear reactor, reactor(physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
Spanishreactor atómico
Catalanreactor atòmic

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