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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
reactor
/ɹiːˈæktə/
noun
device to control nuclear energy as a power source
- “The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)