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BREEDER REACTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("breeder reactor" is a kind of...):
nuclear reactor; reactor ((physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements)
Meronyms (parts of "breeder reactor"):
blanket (a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor)
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