English Explanatory Dictionary

neutron moderator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only minimal (thermal) kinetic energy.

Word forms

neutron moderator neutron moderators
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on N Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary