self-supporting chain reaction
1self-sus|tain|ing — «SEHLF suh STAY nihng», adjective. 1. = self supporting. (Cf. ↑self supporting) 2. proceeding automatically once it has been started: »a self sustaining chain reaction …
2reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …
3Supporting characters in Invader Zim — The following is a list of supporting characters from the Nickelodeon animated cartoon Invader Zim that have either been featured in a storyline or are recurring.HumansCode Name: Bill Bill is depicted as a moronic paranormal investigator who… …
4oxidation–reduction reaction — ▪ chemical reaction Introduction also called redox reaction any chemical reaction in which the oxidation number of a participating chemical species changes. The term covers a large and diverse body of processes. Many oxidation– reduction… …
5Fermi , Enrico — (1901–1954) Italian–American physicist Fermi was without doubt the greatest Italian scientist since Galileo and in the period 1925–50 was one of the most creative physicists in the world. Unusually in an age of ever growing specialization he… …
6самоподдерживающаяся цепная реакция — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN self supporting chain reactionself sustaining chain reaction …
7nuclear reactor — A facility in which fissile material is used in a self supporting chain reaction (nuclear fission) to produce heat and/or radiation for both practical application and research and development …
8nuclear reactor — An apparatus, other than an atomic weapon, designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self supporting chain reaction. 10 CFR § 50.2(k); 10 CFR Cum Supp § 115.3(h) …
9uranium — A radioactive metallic element, atomic no. 92, atomic wt. 238.0289, occurring mainly in pitchblende and notable for its two isotopes: 238U and 235U (99.2745% and 0.720%, respectively, the rest being made up by 234U), 235U being the first… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
