atomic pile

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   a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

   Synonymsatomic reactorpilechain reactor

   Broadernuclear reactor

Questions about atomic pile

What does atomic pile mean?

atomic pile means "a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy".

What is another word for atomic pile?

Close synonyms include atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.