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reactor |
3 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reactor n 1: an electrical circuit element used to introduce reactance into the circuit 2: (physics) any of several devices that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements [syn: {nuclear reactor}]
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