WATER-COOLED REACTOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nuclear reactor using water as a coolant

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("water-cooled 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water-cooled reactor"):

boiling water reactor; BWR (a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine)

pressurized water reactor; PWR (a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine)

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