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reaction mass en · NOUN

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1. Fuel for nuclear energy.
   • Our proposal involves the use of liquid core fission reactors to heat reaction mass, probably hydrogen, to stellar temperatures; ... 1981, Willard F. Libby, Talking to People, →ISBN:
   • But hydrogen is expensive in Luna and any mass could be reaction mass; it just would not be as efficient. 1966, Robert Anson Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Putnam Publishing Group:
   • A small rise in the temperature of the reaction mass increases the reaction rate, which further increases the temperature of the mass. 1984, Chemical Engineering:
2. Working mass.

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