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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burnupnoun

    a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road

  2. burnupnoun

    the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

Wiktionary

  1. burnupnoun

    A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.

Wikipedia

  1. Burnup

    In nuclear power technology, burnup (also known as fuel utilization) is a measure of how much energy is extracted from a primary nuclear fuel source. It is measured as the fraction of fuel atoms that underwent fission in %FIMA (fissions per initial metal atom) or %FIFA (fissions per initial fissile atom) as well as, preferably, the actual energy released per mass of initial fuel in gigawatt-days/metric ton of heavy metal (GWd/tHM), or similar units.

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  1. burnup

    Burnup is a term used mainly in nuclear engineering to refer to the amount of thermal energy that is generated from a specific quantity of nuclear fuel. It is typically measured in gigawatt-days per metric ton of fuel. The term is also used in project management to indicate the completion progress of project work, and in agile software development as a graphical representation of work done versus time.

Wikidata

  1. Burnup

    In nuclear power technology, burnup is a measure of how much energy is extracted from a primary nuclear fuel source. It is measured both as the fraction of fuel atoms that underwent fission in %FIMA and as the actual energy released per mass of initial fuel in gigawatt-days/metric ton of heavy metal, or similar units.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BURNUP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burnup is ranked #133048 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Burnup surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Burnup.

    99.2% or 126 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burnup in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burnup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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