THERMAL REACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermal reactor mean? 

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

1. a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMAL REACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("thermal 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)

Antonym:

fast reactor (nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used)