reactor

noun/riˈæktər/

Frequency rank: #5,188 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a device or structure in which nuclear reactions are initiated and controlled to produce energy.

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Example sentence

The engineers monitored the nuclear reactor carefully to ensure it operated safely.

Synonyms & related words

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