reactor
noun/riˈæktər/
Frequency rank: #5,188 most common English word
Meaning
a device or structure in which nuclear reactions are initiated and controlled to produce energy.
Example sentence
The engineers monitored the nuclear reactor carefully to ensure it operated safely.
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