单词 | reactor |
释义 | reactor /ree ak"teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction. 2. Elect. a device whose primary purpose is to introduce reactance into a circuit. 3. Immunol. , Vet. Med. a patient or animal that reacts positively towards a foreign material. 4. Also called atomic pile, chain reactor, chain-reacting pile, nuclear reactor, pile. Physics. an apparatus in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction can be initiated, sustained, and controlled, for generating heat or producing useful radiation. 5. Chem. (esp. in industry) a large container, as a vat, for processes in which the substances involved undergo a chemical reaction. [1885-90; 1940-45 for def. 4; REACT + -OR2] |
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