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    BREEDER REACTOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burnsplay

    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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