reactor
/ɹiˈæktɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
noun
A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
noun
An electrical component with reactance
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Here, humans are seen as active participants in all dimensions of their lives, throughout their life course, and not simply passive reactors to the world around them."
- "It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology."
- "It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants."
- "The second is whether the federal agency has the power to license such facilities away from reactor sites where the waste was generated. […] The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled the NRC does not have the authority to issue licenses to store nuclear fuel away from reactors."
Etymology
Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English reactor From react + -or.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹiˈæktɚ/
- British English: /ɹiːˈæktə/