different between reactor vs reacter

English

Etymology

react +? -or

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?ækt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i??ækt?/
• Rhymes: -ækt?(?)
• Homophone: reacter

Noun

reactor (plural reactors)

1. A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.

   Synonym: reacter

   Hyponym: respondent

2. (industrial) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
3. (nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
4. (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

Derived terms

• fast reactor
• nuclear reactor

Translations

Anagrams

• Carreto, Cerrato, Creator, acroter, creator

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English reactor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re???k.t?r/
• Hyphenation: re?ac?tor

Noun

reactor m (plural reactoren or reactors)

1. atomic reactor
2. chemical reactor

Derived terms

• kernreactor
• reactorvat

Portuguese

Noun

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. Superseded spelling of reator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French réacteur.

Noun

reactor n (plural reactoare)

1. reactor

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

reactor m (plural reactores)

1. jet engine
2. rocket engine
3. atomic reactor
4. chemical reactor

Derived terms

• reactor nuclear

Related terms

• reacción

English

Etymology

react +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?ækt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i??ækt?/
• Rhymes: -ækt?(?)
• Homophone: reactor

Noun

reacter (plural reacters)

1. One who reacts.
   • 1972, Philip Roger Marvin, Man in motion: a winning game plan for executives (page 107)

     While he is easier to work with than the one who reacts quickly to whatever happens, the slow reacter rarely makes other than his routine contributions to what's going on.

Anagrams

• Terrace, caterer, recrate, retrace, terrace