reactors
reactors is the plural of reactor.
Meaning of reactor
Noun
reactor (plural reactors)
- A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
- Altman seees his characters as total reactors; everything they do and say is in response to their environment. They do not seem to exist with lives or qualities of their own.1983 December 31, Michael Bronski, “A Sharply Focused Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 17
- Synonyms:
- reacter
- A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
- A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
- It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology.1972, Robert L Pfaltzgraff, Politics and the international system
- Synonyms:
- nuclear reactor, atomic reactor
- A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.
- An electrical component with reactance
Phrases with reactors
- hot reactors
- fast reactors
- atomic reactors
- fusion reactors
- breeder reactors
- nuclear reactors
- chemical reactors
- saturable reactors
- pebble-bed reactors
- heavy-water reactors
- light water reactors
- fast-breeder reactors
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Questions about reactors
- What is reactors the plural of?
- Reactors is the plural of reactor.
Words near reactors in the dictionary
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