Found 3 items, similar to reactor.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: reactor
reaktor
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reactor
reactor
n 1: an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a
circuit
2: (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain
and control a nuclear reaction for the production of
energy or artificial elements [syn:
nuclear reactor]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: reactor
Choking coil
\Choking coil\ (Elec.)
A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an
alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the
current, or to change its phase; -- called also
reactance coil
or
reactor, these terms being now preferred in
engineering usage.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]