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reactor scram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
re-ac-tor scram
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.

noun

The process of dropping the control rods into the reactor core.

noun

The procedure technicians follow in the hours following the instantaneous event of the rods dropping.

Inflected Forms

reactor scrams (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

scram

Questions

What does reactor scram mean?
An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.

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