reactor

react +‎ -or

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈæktə/

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• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
• Homophone: reacter

reactor (plural reactors)

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

   Synonym: reacter

   Hyponym: respondent

2. (chemistry, engineering) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
3. (nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
4. (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

• fast reactor
• nuclear reactor

• Carreto, Cerrato, Creator, acroter, creator

Borrowed from English reactor.

• IPA^(key): /ˌreːˈɑk.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ac‧tor

reactor m (plural reactoren or reactors)

1. atomic reactor
2. chemical reactor

• kernreactor
• reactorvat

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. Superseded spelling of reator. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

From French réacteur.

reactor n (plural reactoare)

1. reactor

• IPA^(key): /reaɡˈtoɾ/ [re.aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ac‧tor

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. jet engine
2. rocket engine
3. atomic reactor
4. chemical reactor

• “reactor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014