fusion reactor

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   a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy

   Synonymsthermonuclear reactor

   Broadernuclear reactor

Questions about fusion reactor

What does fusion reactor mean?

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

What is another word for fusion reactor?

Close synonyms include thermonuclear 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.

Is fusion reactor a common word?

fusion reactor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.