CONTROL ROD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("control rod" is a kind of...):

rod (a long thin implement made of metal or wood)

Holonyms ("control rod" is a part 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)

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