GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Choking coil. (Elec.) A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; -- called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Reactor, n.
   1. (Elec.) A choking coil.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2. A nuclear reactor.
   
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