Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reactor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reactor \Re*act"or\, n. (Elec.)
A choking coil.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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