reactor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English reactor From react + -or.
Meanings
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A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
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.
2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 7: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.
1983 December 31, Michael Bronski, “A Sharply Focused Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 17:
- A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
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(qualifier:nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology.
1972, Robert L Pfaltzgraff, Politics and the international system:The second is whether the federal agency has the power to license such facilities away from reactor sites where the waste was generated. […] The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled the NRC does not have the authority to issue licenses to store nuclear fuel away from reactors.
2025 March 4, John Fritze, “Supreme Court wades into decades-old impasse over how to store nuclear waste”, in CNN:It is hoped that a competition to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) will drive billions of pounds of investment into the technology, which the government hopes will be cheaper and quicker to build than traditional large nuclear power plants.
2023 July 18, Joe Middleton, “Shapps announces £157m in grants at launch of new UK nuclear body”, in The Guardian:
- A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.
- An electrical component with reactance
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reactors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pressurized water reactor · nanoreactor · microreactor · attoreactor · fast-neutron reactor · georeactor · fast reactor · varactor · nonreactor · sonoreactor · saturable reactor · seroreactor · breeder reactor · chemical reactor · fusion reactor · light water reactor · angioreactor · minireactor · hot reactor · fast-breeder reactor · atomic reactor · heavy-water reactor · pebble-bed reactor · reactor scram · photoreactor · nuclear reactor
Synonyms
reacter · nuclear reactor · atomic reactor
Translations (86)
id reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · sl reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · nl reactor (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · fi reaktori (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · nl reagens (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · sv reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ja 原子炉 (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · de Reagenz (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · ga imoibreoir (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · de Reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · sh рѐактор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fi reagoija (person who behaves in response to a suggestion, stimulation or some other influence) · az reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fi reaktori (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · pl reaktor (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · fr réacteur (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · pt reagente (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · ga soitheach imoibriúcháin (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · de Atommeiler (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fr réactif (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · es reactor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · nl reactor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fr réacteur (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · ru реакти́в (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · cmn 反應器 /反应器 (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · sv reagent (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · de Reaktor (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · it reattore nucleare (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · pl reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · pt reativo (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · it reagente (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · pt reator (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ko 원자로 (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · be рэа́ктар (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · cmn 反應爐 /反应炉 (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · tg реактор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · be рэактар (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · ar مُفَاعِل (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · cmn 反應堆 /反应堆 (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · de Atomreaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · mk реа́ктор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ia reagente (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · de Meiler (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · uk реа́ктор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fi reaktori (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · lt reaktorius (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · kk реактор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ro reactor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · da reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · sq reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · he כּוּר (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · fa رآکتور (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · pl reagent (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · ky реактор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · tr reaktör (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · kk әрекеткі (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · ru реактор (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · cy adweithydd (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · vi lò phản ứng (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · th เตาปฏิกรณ์ (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · cs reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ca reactor (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · it reattivo (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · sh rèaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ru реа́ктор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ca reactor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · lv reaktors (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ru реаге́нт (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · nb reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · th เครื่องปฏิกรณ์ (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ka რეაქტორი (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · bg реа́ктор (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · hy ռեակտոր (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ca reactiu (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · sk reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · cy adweithydd (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · hu reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · ia reactor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · sv reaktor (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · ar مُفَاعِل (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · uz reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · et reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · nn reaktor (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat) · bg реаге́нт (chemical substance which responds to another substance) · pt reator (structure used to contain chemical or other reactions) · ga imoibreoir (device which uses atomic energy to produce heat)