Reactor
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Reactor can mean:
- Bioreactor, any device or system that supports a biologically active environment.
- Chemical reactorChemical reactorIn chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain chemical reactions. The design of a chemical reactor deals with multiple aspects of chemical engineering. Chemical engineers design reactors to maximize net present value for the given reaction...
, a device for containing and controlling a chemical reaction - Nuclear reactor, a device for containing and controlling a nuclear reaction
- Fusion reactorFusion powerFusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus . In doing so they release a comparatively large amount of energy arising from the binding energy due to the strong nuclear force which is manifested...
, a device for containing and controlling a fusion power reaction - An inductorInductorAn inductor is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in a magnetic field. An inductor's ability to store magnetic energy is measured by its inductance, in units of henries...
(possessing reactance) in an electrical power grid - The reactor patternReactor patternThe reactor design pattern is an event handling pattern for handling service requests delivered concurrently to a service handler by one or more inputs...
, a design pattern used in concurrent programming - Reactor (arcade game)Reactor (arcade game)Reactor is a raster video arcade game released in 1982 by Gottlieb. The object of the game is to cool down the reactor core without being hurled by magnetism and repulsion by enemy swarms of nuclear particles...
, an arcade game created by Gottlieb - Reactor, Inc., a defunct interactive entertainment company founded by Mike SaenzMike SaenzMike Saenz is a comic book artist and creator of the first digital comic book. He co-created the first comic book produced entirely on the computer, Shatter, as well as an early adult video game, MacPlaymate....
- Reactor (Havok)Reactor (Havok)Reactor is a physics engine from the Irish software company Havok for use in Autodesk 3D Studio Max.-Overview:Reactor shipped fully integrated with 3ds max from versions 5 to 2011. In 3ds max 2012, Reactor was replaced by a PhysX-based engine called MassFX...
, a physics simulation engine - Re-ac-torRe-ac-torRe-ac-tor is the eleventh studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, and his third with Crazy Horse, released in 1981. The album married the electric guitar crunch of the late '70s Crazy Horse sound with early '80s new wave rhythms...
, a 1981 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse