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Acronym of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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noun
A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
(experimental reactor): originally an acronym, now explained as derived from Latin iter (“way, path”).
Borrowed from Latin iter (“passage”).
