thermalize
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thermalize (third-person singular simple present thermalizes, present participle thermalizing, simple past and past participle thermalized)
- To lower the speed and kinetic energy of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor by use of a moderator, and thus increase the efficiency of fission
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