georeactor

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noun

A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

noungeoreactor (plural georeactors)

plural georeactors

  1. A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.

    Physicists analyzing a tiny sample of this ancient georeactor—discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972—have now determined how it worked.

    2005 February 4, Jessa Forte Netting, “Nature's Nuclear Reactor”, in Discover Magazine
  2. Any man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle of nuclear fission.
  3. The theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Englishreactor
  7. Englishgeoreactor

From geo- + reactor.

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APA

georeactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georeactor

MLA

“georeactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georeactor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “georeactor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georeactor.

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