Definition that contains nuclear reaction
- star (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- explosion a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- fusion a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
- reactor (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
- detonation a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- fission a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
- fermi Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
- frisch British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
- blowup a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- nuclear weapon a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction