reactor

From 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

   • 1983 December 31, Michael Bronski, “A Sharply Focused Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 17:

     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. (chemistry, engineering) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
3. (nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
   • 1972, Robert L Pfaltzgraff, Politics and the international system:

     It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology.

4. (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

• 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

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of reator. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10