Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuclear reactor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-ar re-ac-tor
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.

Example Sentences

"Meronym: control rod"
"Near-synonym: atomic pile (dated)"
"Some newspapers in the United States, in Japan, and in South Korea printed photographs of North Korean nuclear reactors and nuclear plants, photos that were said to have been taken by U.S. military satellites. Most of the exposures were from a nuclear research establishment at Ninghian Chun in Pingan Beidao, only 80 km from Pyongyang."

Inflected Forms

nuclear reactors (plural)

Synonyms

atomic pile reactor

Questions

What does nuclear reactor mean?: Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.

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