chain reactor

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   a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

   Synonymsatomic pileatomic reactorpile

   Broadernuclear reactor

Questions about chain reactor

What does chain reactor mean?

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

What is another word for chain reactor?

Close synonyms include atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile. 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.