georeactor
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.
noun
Any man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle of nuclear fission.
noun
The theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.
Example Sentences
- "Physicists analyzing a tiny sample of this ancient georeactor—discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972—have now determined how it worked."
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English reactor English georeactor From geo- + reactor.