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noun
Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rod
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