reactern.
/rɪˈaktə/, U.S. /riˈæktər/ rare.
= reactor n. 1b.
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1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. xi. 433 One must bear in mind that in these experiments the reacter always knew in advance in a general way the kind of question which he was to receive.
1920 Science 16 Apr. 377/2 In one strong reacter the gamete which is formed in this reaction transforms itself frequently into a thick-walled a-zygospore.
1992 Ethics 102 365 His emotional life, as a chooser and a reacter to his own choices, could be as rich as Stocker thinks it should be.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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