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burn⋅up

[burn-uhp]
–noun
the nuclear fuel consumed in a reactor, often measured as a percentage of the atoms of fuel that have undergone fission.

Origin:
n. use of the v. phrase burn up
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burnup

noun
1. a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road 
2. the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) 
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