reactor B1 Topic:Science & Research US /ɹiˈæktɚ/ UK /ɹiːˈæktə/ See IPA manual Freq #8995 Meanings 1 noun 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. 2 noun 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. 3 noun (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements 4 noun an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who responds to a... reacter 2 noun · a device which uses atomic... atomic reactornuclear reactor 3 noun · (physics) any of several... nuclear reactor Word family Derived forms angioreactorattoreactorgeoreactormicroreactorminireactornanoreactornonreactorphotoreactorseroreactorsonoreactorvaractor Common collocations breeder reactor Noun + noun Etymology From react + -or. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reactor **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹiˈæktɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹiːˈæktə/ **Frequency rank:** 8995 ## Meanings 1. A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence. 2. A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat. 3. (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements 4. an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit ## Examples - 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. - It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology. ## Derived Forms - angioreactor - attoreactor - georeactor - microreactor - minireactor - nanoreactor - nonreactor - photoreactor - seroreactor - sonoreactor - varactor ## Etymology From react + -or. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown