BREEDER REACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breeder reactor mean? 

• BREEDER REACTOR (noun)
  The noun BREEDER REACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns

  Familiarity information: BREEDER REACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREEDER REACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("breeder reactor" is a kind of...):

nuclear reactor; reactor ((physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements)

Meronyms (parts of "breeder reactor"):

blanket (a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor)