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control rods

control rods is the plural of control rod.

Meaning of control rod

Noun

control rod (plural control rods)

  1. 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

Questions about control rods

What is control rods the plural of?
Control rods is the plural of control rod.

Words near control rods in the dictionary

  1. control panels
  2. control plane
  3. control point
  4. control points
  5. control rod
  6. control rods
  7. control room
  8. control rooms
  9. control stick
  10. control sticks
  11. control structure

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