adj used □ spent fuel fuel which has been used in a nuclear reactor, which can be reprocessed ○ Spent nuclear fuel is sent for reprocessing.
spent
(spent), a.
1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. “Now thou seest me
Spent, overpowered, despairing of success.” Addison. “Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.” Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; — said especially of fishes. Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it. { Sper , Sperre }, v. t. [See Spar bar.] To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. [Obs.] ´To sperre the gate.´ Spenser.
1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. “Now thou seest me
Spent, overpowered, despairing of success.” Addison. “Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.” Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; — said especially of fishes. Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it. { Sper , Sperre }, v. t. [See Spar bar.] To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. [Obs.] ´To sperre the gate.´ Spenser.
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