reactor

English

Etymology

react +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæktɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈæktə/

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• fast reactor
• nuclear reactor

Translations

person who behaves in response to a suggestion, stimulation or some other influence

• Finnish: reagoija
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structure used to contain chemical or other reactions

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  Mandarin: 反應器／反应器 (zh) (fǎnyìngqì), 反应器 (zh) (fǎnyìngqì)

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• Finnish: reaktori (fi)
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device which uses atomic energy to produce heat

• Albanian: reaktor (sq) m
• Arabic: مُفَاعِل m (mufāʕil)
• Armenian: ռեակտոր (hy) (ṙeaktor)
• Azerbaijani: reaktor
• Belarusian: рэа́ктар m (reáktar)
• Bulgarian: реа́ктор (bg) m (reáktor)
• Catalan: reactor (ca) m
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  Mandarin: 反應堆／反应堆 (zh) (fǎnyìngduī), 反应堆 (zh) (fǎnyìngduī) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 反應爐／反应炉 (fǎnyìnglú), 反应炉 (fǎnyìnglú) (Taiwan)

• Czech: reaktor (cs) m
• Danish: reaktor c
• Dutch: reactor (nl)
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• Estonian: reaktor
• Finnish: reaktori (fi)
• French: réacteur (fr)
• Georgian: რეაქტორი (reakṭori)
• German: Reaktor (de) m, Atomreaktor (de) m, Meiler (de) m, Atommeiler (de) m
• Hebrew: כּוּר (he) m (kur)
• Hungarian: reaktor (hu)
• Indonesian: reaktor (id)
• Interlingua: reactor
• Irish: imoibreoir m
• Italian: reattore nucleare m
• Japanese: 原子炉 (ja) (げんしろ, genshiro) (nuclear reactor)
• Kazakh: реактор (reaktor)
• Korean: 원자로(原子爐) (ko) (wonjaro) (nuclear reactor)
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• Kyrgyz: реактор (reaktor)
• Latvian: reaktors m
• Lithuanian: reaktorius m
• Macedonian: реа́ктор m (reáktor)
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  Bokmål: reaktor m

  Nynorsk: reaktor m

• Persian: رآکتور (fa) (reâktor)
• Polish: reaktor (pl)
• Portuguese: reator (pt) m
• Romanian: reactor (ro) n
• Russian: реа́ктор (ru) m (reáktor)
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  Cyrillic: рѐактор m

  Roman: rèaktor (sh) m

• Slovak: reaktor m
• Slovene: reaktor m
• Spanish: reactor (es) m
• Swedish: reaktor (sv) c
• Tajik: реактор (reaktor)
• Turkish: reaktör (tr)
• Ukrainian: реа́ктор m (reáktor)
• Uzbek: reaktor (uz)
• Vietnamese: lò phản ứng
• Welsh: adweithydd m

chemical substance which responds to another substance

• Arabic: مُفَاعِل m (mufāʕil)
• Bulgarian: реаге́нт m (reagént)
• Finnish: reaktori (fi)
• French: réactif (fr) m
• German: Reagenz (de) n
• Interlingua: reagente
• Irish: imoibreoir m
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• Italian: reattivo (it) m, reagente (it) m
• Kazakh: әрекеткі (äreketkı)
• Polish: reagent (pl) m
• Portuguese: reagente (pt) m, reactivo m (Portugal), reativo (pt) m
• Russian: реаге́нт (ru) m (reagént), реакти́в (ru) m (reaktív)
• Swedish: reagent c

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• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เตาปฏิกรณ์
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Anagrams

• Carreto, Cerrato, Creator, acroter, creator

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English reactor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌreːˈɑk.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ac‧tor

Noun

reactor m (plural reactoren or reactors)

1. atomic reactor
2. chemical reactor

Derived terms

• kernreactor
• reactorvat

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Portuguese

Noun

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. Template:pt-superseded-silent-letter-1990

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Romanian

Etymology

From French réacteur.

Noun

reactor n (plural reactoare)

1. reactor

Declension

Declension of reactor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) reactor	reactorul	(niște) reactoare	reactoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) reactor	reactorului	(unor) reactoare	reactoarelor
vocative	reactorule		reactoarelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

reactor m (plural reactores)

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

Derived terms

• reactor nuclear

Related terms

• reacción

Further reading

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