noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: so called from the notion that a molten reactor's contents could theoretically sink through the earth from North America to China
: meltdown 1 herein
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: so called from the notion that a molten reactor's contents could theoretically sink through the earth from North America to China
: meltdown 1 herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012