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reactor

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noun/ɹiˈæktɚ//ɹiːˈæktə/
  1. 1

    A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.

    • 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.
    • 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.
  2. 2

    A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.

  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

  5. 5

    An electrical component with reactance

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