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| Käännös | Konteksti |
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| Substantiivit |
| 1. | | idiomaattinen, epävirallinen |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (idiomatic, nuclear physics, uncountable) A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.
- (idiomatic, countable, nuclear physics, possibly nonstandard) One instance of such a nuclear mishap.
- (idiomatic, countable, sometimes, fanciful) A behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China.
- (medicine) A rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis.
Esimerkit
- The Ergen report contains an analysis showing that the high-temperature mass would sink into the earth and grow in size for about two years. . . . This behavior projection is known as the China syndrome.
- The molten mass did not even fully penetrate the 0.5-cm cladding, confirming tests in Karlsruhe, Germany, and in Idaho, that the "China syndrome" is not a credible possibility.
- The report judged the risks of catastrophic nuclear power plant accidents (known as core meltdowns or China syndromes) to be socially acceptable.
- Contrary to accounts in the media, he states, "bugs of this nature don't cause China Syndromes or missile launches, at least not generally."
- And then there is the China syndrome. . . . China now represents about 20% of Korea's total trade.
- Unlike poliomyelitis, paralysis in China syndrome is symmetrical. In addition, cases are seasonal.
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