control rod
Definitions
Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
Equivalents
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Examples
“Holonym: nuclear reactor”
“A faulty control⟳ rod design⟳ was a key factor in causing the 1986 steam explosion of a reactor at Chernobyl.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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