Nuclear Reaction

Definition: Nuclear Reaction

Nuclear Reaction

Noun

1. A process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei.

Specialty Definitions: Nuclear Reaction

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A reaction involving the nucleus of the atom, such as fission, neutron capture, radioactive decay, or fusion; and distinct from a chemical reaction, which is limited to changes in the electron structuresurrounding the nucleus. (references)
Public Administration	Liberation of energy from the disintegration of the nucleus of an atom by bombarding it with another radioactive particle, especially with neutrons in nuclear reactors. Source: European Union. (references)
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Crosswords: Nuclear Reaction

English words defined with "nuclear reaction": atomic energy ♦ chain reaction, control rod, core, criticality ♦ detonation ♦ endoergic, endoergic reaction, energy-absorbing, energy-releasing, Enrico Fermi, exoergic, exoergic reaction, explosion ♦ fermi, fission, Frisch, fusion ♦ nuclear energy, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction, nuclear reactor, nuclear weapon ♦ Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch ♦ reactor ♦ thermonuclear reaction. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nuclear reaction": ADN cytoplasmique ♦ catalyzed nuclear reaction, cold fusion reaction ♦ HOT-CELL TECHNICIAN ♦ nuclear transformation, nuclear transmutation, NUCLEAR-CRITICALITY SAFETY ENGINEER ♦ O-P process, Oppenheimer Phillips process ♦ REACTOR OPERATOR, TEST-AND-RESEARCH, Reactor, nuclear, Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear ♦ Spent fuel. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nuclear Reaction

Domain	Title
Books	Direct Nuclear Reaction Theories (reference) Encyclopedia of Physics Volume Nuclear Reaction 1 (reference) Nuclear Reaction Dynamics of Nucleon-Hadron Many Body System: From Nuclear Spins & Mesons in Nuclei to Quark Lepton Nuclear Physics: Proceedings of the 14th Rcnp Osaka International Symposium (reference) Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms: 20th International Symposium on Nuclear Physics: Castle Gaussig (Near Dresden, Germany, November 12-16, 1990) (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression: Nuclear Reaction

Expression using "nuclear reaction": catalyzed nuclear reaction. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nuclear Reaction

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
nuclear reaction	29
chain nuclear reaction	7
fusion nuclear reaction	3
fission nuclear reaction	2
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Modern Translations: Nuclear Reaction

Language		Translations for "nuclear reaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		kernereaktion. (various references)

Dutch		kernreactie. (various references)

Finnish		ydinreaktio. (various references)

French		réaction nucléaire. (various references)

German		Kernreaktion. (various references)

Greek		πυρηνική αντίδραση. (various references)

Italian		reazione nucleare. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� �反応 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かくは�"のう. (various references)

Pig Latin		uclearnay eactionray

Portuguese		reacção nuclear. (various references)

Spanish		reacción nuclear. (various references)

Swedish		kärnreaktion. (various references)

Turkish		nükleer reaksiyon. (various references)
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Anagrams: Nuclear Reaction

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-r-r-t-u"
	-3 letters: acceleration, internuclear, recreational.
	-4 letters: accelerator, anacreontic, antinuclear, areocentric, cancelation, crenelation, crenulation, enucleation, incarcerate, intolerance, intraocular, noncircular, nonelectric, recirculate, reincarnate, reinoculate.
	-5 letters: accelerant, aeronautic, anticancer, auctioneer, caricature, circulator, concertina, concurrent, connatural, contrarian, curatorial, electronic, enunciator, inaccurate, inculcator, incurrence, interlunar, interocean, interrenal, laceration, laureation, nonaccrual, nucleation, reconciler, recreation, reluctance, rencounter, renunciate, retinacula, trinocular, ulceration.
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