reactor

noun
/ɹiˈæktɚ/US/ɹiːˈæktə/UK

Etymology

From react + -or.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti
  2. derived from ācta
  3. derived from acte
  4. inherited from acte
  5. prefixed as react — “re + act
  6. formed as reactor — “react + -or

Definitions

  1. A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.

    • 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. A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.

  3. A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.

    • It limits the rights of nonweapon countries to develop an export business in civilian reactor technology.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another…

      A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

    2. An electrical component with reactance

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reactor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reactor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at reactor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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