reactor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reactor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reactor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reactor n an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements Synonym(s): nuclear reactor, reactor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choking coil \Choking coil\ (Elec.) A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; -- called also {reactance coil} or {reactor}, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reactor \Re*act"or\, n. (Elec.) A choking coil.