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Word entry · 7 letters

reactor

Best crossword clue

"Nuclear power unit"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɹiˈæktɚ/Part of speech nounSorted aceorrtStarts with REnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements

Word origin

From react + -or.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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