单词 | reactor |
释义 | reactor[ ree-ak-ter ] / riˈæk tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reactor ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction. Electricity. a device whose primary purpose is to introduce reactance into a circuit. Immunology, Veterinary Medicine. a patient or animal that reacts positively towards a foreign material. Physics. nuclear reactor. Chemistry. (especially in industry) a large container, as a vat, for processes in which the substances involved undergo a chemical reaction. Origin of reactorFirst recorded in 1885–90; 1940–45 for def. 4; react + -or2 OTHER WORDS FROM reactornon·re·ac·tor, nounWords nearby reactorreactive depression, reactive hyperemia, reactive schizophrenia, reactive thrust, reactivity, reactor, reactor vessel, read, readability, readable, read-across Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reactorBritish Dictionary definitions for reactorreactor / (rɪˈæktə) / nounchem a substance, such as a reagent, that undergoes a reaction short for nuclear reactor a vessel, esp one in industrial use, in which a chemical reaction takes place a coil of low resistance and high inductance that introduces reactance into a circuit med a person sensitive to a particular drug or agent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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