Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Reactor
Reactor noun - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements.
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Device and reactor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Reactor".
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Dr. Octavius's device in Spider-Man 2 was meant to create "the power of the Sun in the palm of my hand." Specifically, a controlled nuclear fusion reactor.
Source: The Power of the Sun - Hammond: In the future, Major, before you activate any device that includes the word "reactor," I would appreciate it if you would notify me.
Source: Going Critical -
Leaving aside the arc reactor, he also, as shown in Captain America: The First Avenger, invented an anti-gravity device in 1942.
Source: Reed Richards Is Useless
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