control rod
control rod noun: any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
Noun
control rod (plural control rods)
- Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
- Holonym: nuclear reactor
- A faulty control rod design was a key factor in causing the 1986 steam explosion of a reactor at Chernobyl.
control rod meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
control rod in Tamil
- கட்டுப்படுத்தும் தண்டு, கட்டுப்பாட்டுத் தண்டு, கட்டுப்படுத்துந் தண்டு
control rod in Tagalog
- Translations
- tandos-panupil
Forms of control rod
| plural | control rods |
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Questions about control rod
- What does control rod mean?
- Control rod means any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
- What is control rod in Tamil?
- Control rod in Tamil is கட்டுப்படுத்தும் தண்டு, கட்டுப்பாட்டுத் தண்டு, கட்டுப்படுத்துந் தண்டு. See Control rod meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is control rod?
- Control rod is a noun.
- What is the plural of control rod?
- The plural of control rod is control rods.
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