nuclear reaction

noun

A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.

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Meanings

nounnuclear reaction (plural nuclear reactions)

plural nuclear reactions

  1. A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.

Translations

Afrikaans kernreaksie
  • kernreaksieprocess
Arabic تفاعل نووي
  • تفاعل نوويprocess
Basque erreakzio nuklear
  • erreakzio nuklearprocess
Bulgarian я́дрена реа́кция
  • я́дрена реа́кция (jádrena reákcija)process
Chinese Cantonese 核反應 /核反应
  • 核反應 /核反应 (hat⁶ faan² jing³)process
Chinese Mandarin 核反應 /核反应
  • 核反應 /核反应 (héfǎnyìng)process
Czech jaderná reakce
  • jaderná reakceprocess
Danish kernereaktion
  • kernereaktionprocess
Dutch nucleaire reactie, kernreactie
  • nucleaire reactieprocess
  • kernreactieprocess
Finnish ydinreaktio
  • ydinreaktioprocess
French réaction nucléaire
  • réaction nucléaireprocess
German Kernreaktion
  • Kernreaktionprocess
Hindi नाभिकीय अभिक्रिया
  • नाभिकीय अभिक्रिया (nābhikīya abhikriyā)process
Hungarian magreakció
  • magreakcióprocess
Icelandic kjarnahvarf, kjarnahvörf
  • kjarnahvarfprocess
  • kjarnahvörfprocess
Italian reazione nucleare
  • reazione nucleareprocess
Japanese 核反応
  • 核反応 (kakuhannō)process
Korean 핵반응
  • 핵반응 (haekbaneung)process
Latvian kodolreakcija
  • kodolreakcijaprocess
Norwegian Bokmål kjernereaksjon
  • kjernereaksjonprocess
Persian واکنش هستهای
  • واکنش هستهایprocess
Polish reakcja jądrowa
  • reakcja jądrowaprocess
Portuguese reação nuclear
  • reação nuclearprocess
Romanian reacție nucleară
  • reacție nuclearăprocess
Russian я́дерная реа́кция
  • я́дерная реа́кция (jádernaja reákcija)process
Spanish reacción nuclear
  • reacción nuclearprocess
Swedish kärnreaktion
  • kärnreaktionprocess
Tagalog buturing tambisa
  • buturing tambisaprocess
Thai ปฏิกิริยานิวเคลียร์
  • ปฏิกิริยานิวเคลียร์ (bpà-dtì-gì-rí-yaa-niu-kliia)process
Turkish nükleer reaksiyon, nükleer tepkime
  • nükleer reaksiyonprocess
  • nükleer tepkimeprocess
Ukrainian я́дерна реа́кція
  • я́дерна реа́кція (jáderna reákcija)process
Vietnamese phản ứng hạt nhân
  • phản ứng hạt nhânprocess
Welsh adwaith niwclear
  • adwaith niwclearprocess
Cite this entry
APA

nuclear reaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuclear%20reaction

MLA

“nuclear reaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuclear%20reaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nuclear reaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuclear%20reaction.

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