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控制棒

Mandarin · pinyin kòng zhì bàng

control rods

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控: kòng · accuse, charge; control
制: zhì · system; establish; overpower
棒: bàng · stick, club, truncheon; hit

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4–4–4 · kong4 zhi4 bang4

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hung3 zai3 paang5

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noun

(nuclear physics) control rod (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)

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