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noun Physics.

reactor (def. 4).

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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

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How to use atomic pile in a sentence

Following this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, the way to achieve world peace is to give everyone atomic bombs.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What you see is a massive, well-intentioned, legal junk pile.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.
BBC Reporter Gets High On The Job|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock leans toward me in a conspiratorial, almost lascivious, way and says, “Let's pile on the menace.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pre-sizing eliminates the opportunity to pile those taters too high.
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It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
They soon had a large pile heaped up in the middle of the road which led through the forest.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
A-course, Mrs. Bridger got a nice little pile of money fer it, and paid Curry the balance she owed him.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
Even Konnel had a small pile before him, although he seemed to be losing some of Lilac's attention to Meadows.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
"There was a pile of 'em that high, Mark," said Perry, waving his hands about a foot above the table.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

British Dictionary definitions for atomic pile

atomic pile

noun

the original name for a nuclear reactor

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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.

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