English

Noun

reactor ‎(plural reactors)

1. A person who behaves in response to a suggestion, stimulation or some other influence.
2. (industrial) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
3. (nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
4. (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence or contact with another substance.

Translations

Anagrams

• creator, Creator

Portuguese

Noun

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. Alternative spelling of reator (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform, and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect, and as an alternative spelling in Portugal, where the agreement came into effect in May 2009.)

Spanish

Noun

reactor m ‎(plural reactores)

1. jet engine
2. rocket engine
3. atomic reactor
4. chemical reactor

Related terms

• reacción