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A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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A specific instance of this type of failure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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A behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic
Qualifier: sometimes fanciful
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A rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles polio but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for polio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Alternative form of China syndrome.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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From China + syndrome. Popularized via the 1979 disaster thriller film The China Syndrome.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
中國綜合症 /中国综合症
(Zhōngguó zònghézhèng)
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Finnish:
Kiina-ilmiö
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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French:
syndrome chinois
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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German:
China-Syndrom
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Italian:
sindrome cinese
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Japanese:
チャイナ・シンドローム
(China shindorōmu)
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Polish:
chiński syndrom
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Portuguese:
síndrome da China
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
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Russian:
кита́йский синдро́м
(kitájskij sindróm)
— meltdown of a nuclear reactor
