different between reactor vs vessel

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 Superseded spelling of reator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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

Alternative forms

• vessell (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vessel, vessell, from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin v?scellum, diminutive of v?sculum, diminutive of v?s (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?s.?l/, /?v?s.l?/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

vessel (plural vessels)

1. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. [From c.1300]
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
2. A craft designed for transportation through air or space. [From 1915]
3. (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. [c.1300–c.1600]
   • 1523, John Bourchier, tr. Jean Froissart, Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart : of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flauders: and other places adioynynge.:

     All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.

4. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. [From c.1300]
5. A person as a container of qualities or feelings. [From 1382]

   • He is a chosen vessel unto me.

   • 1975, Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:

     I am a vessel that’s empty and useless / I am a bad seed that fell by the way.

6. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. [From 1398]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:vessel

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

vessel (third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle vesselling or (US) vesseling, simple past and past participle vesselled or (US) vesseled)

1. (transitive) To put into a vessel.
   • 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”^[2]

     Our hony al?o is taken and reputed to be the be?t bycau?e it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer ve??elled vp, th? that which cõmeth from beyond the ?ea, where they ?tampe and ?traine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ?tuffe, as I haue béene informed.

   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VI, section 529, p. 137,^[3]

     The fourth Rule ?hall be, to marke what Herbs, ?ome Earths doe put fourth of them?elves; And to take that Earth, and to Pot it, or to Ve??ell it; And in that to ?et the Seed you would change […]

   • 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory,^[4]

     Man had at the fir?t, and ?o have all ?ouls before their entrance into the body, an explicite methodicall knowledge, but they are no ?ooner ve??el’d, but that liberty is lo?t, and nothing remains but a va?t confu?ed notion of the creature […]

   • 2009, Reaper (TV series), 2nd season, episode known as The Home Stretch:

     [Samuel 'Sam' Oliver:] Alright (or: All right), so the Devil didn't say that the winner was the one who vesseled (or: vesselled) him, just the one who sends him back to hell.

References

• “vessel” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams

• -selves, selves

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vescel, vessell, fessell, vessall, vesel, vessayle, fessel, wessell, ffessell

Etymology

From Old French vaissel, vessel, from Latin v?scellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?s?l/, /?v?s?l/

Noun

vessel (plural vessels or vessel)

1. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
   1. A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
      1. (by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
      2. (by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
      3. (by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
   2. A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
   3. Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
   4. A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
   5. (alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
   6. Traveling equipment; travel gear.
2. In several anatomical senses:
   1. (figuratively) A human being or the body of a human being.
   2. Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
   3. Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)
   4. (figuratively, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings).
3. A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
4. (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method.

Derived terms

• vesselling
• vesselment

Descendants

• English: vessel
• Scots: veshel

References

• “vessel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.