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burnup: Meaning and Definition of

burn•up

Pronunciation: (bûrn'up"), [key]
— n.
  1. the nuclear fuel consumed in a reactor, often measured as a percentage of the atoms of fuel that have undergone fission.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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burnt umber bur oak
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