HyperDic: atomic_pile

English > 1 sense of the expression atomic pile:
NOUNartifactatomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactora nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
English > atomic pile: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
Synonymsatomic reactor, pile, chain reactor
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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