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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Reactor \Re*act"or\, n.
      1. (Elec.) A choking coil.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
      2. A nuclear reactor.
         [PJC]
   
                   
                 

2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Choking coil \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.] Choky