Dictionary.com

atomic pile

SEE SYNONYMS FOR atomic pile

noun Physics.

reactor (def. 4).

QUIZZES

A THANKSGIVING SPELLING QUIZ TO FEED YOUR HISTORY KNOWHOW

Before you celebrate family and blessings this year, take this quiz to test your spelling knowledge of the history and important figures of the first Thanksgiving.
Question 1 of 7
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of atomic pile

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby atomic pile

atomic hydrogen, atomicity, atomic mass, atomic mass unit, atomic number, atomic pile, atomic power, atomics, atomic spectrum, atomic structure, atomic theory
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to atomic pile

pile, reactor, atomic reactor, fission reactor

British Dictionary definitions for atomic pile

atomic pile

noun

the original name for a nuclear reactor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for atomic pile

atomic pile

An early type of nuclear reactor whose core consisted of layers of graphite block interspersed with uranium, designed to create a sustained fission reaction.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.