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List of nuclear reactor types
water reactors and a relatively few liquid metal fast reactors. OKBM Afrikantov has been the primary designer of naval reactors for the Soviet/Russian
Soviet_naval_reactors
States Naval reactors is a comprehensive list of all naval reactors designed, built, or used by the United States Navy. Each nuclear reactor design is
List of United States naval reactors
List_of_United_States_naval_reactors
Nuclear fission reactor
fissilematerials.org. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012. "2.3 Development of naval reactors". www.bellona.org. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved
OK-650_reactor
Propulsion system for marine vessels utilizing a nuclear powerplant
States Naval reactors Naval Reactors Nuclear navy Nuclear-powered aircraft Nuclear Power School Soviet naval reactors United States naval reactors United
Nuclear_marine_propulsion
Russian nuclear pressurized water reactors
The VM reactor (Russian: реактор ВМ) is type of various series of nuclear pressurized water reactors (PWR). They were used singly or in pairs to power
VM_reactor
Classes of nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy
565222°N 119.519361°W / 46.565222; -119.519361 United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate
United_States_naval_reactors
reactor List of nuclear reactors List of small nuclear reactor designs List of United States Naval reactors List of Soviet Naval reactors "Nuclear Power in
List of Russian small nuclear reactors
List_of_Russian_small_nuclear_reactors
Soviet marine nuclear reactor
The OK-150 reactor (1st generation) and its successor, the OK-900 reactor (2nd generation) are Soviet marine nuclear reactors used to power ships at sea
OK-150_reactor
Small nuclear fission reactor for naval propulsion cooled by a liquid metal
with liquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-member Alfa class were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the K-27
VT-1_reactor
Nuclear fission reactor family
The KLT-40 family are nuclear fission reactors originating from OK-150 and OK-900 ship reactors. KLT-40 were developed to power the Taymyr-class icebreakers
KLT-40_reactor
Nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine
speed of 44.85 kn (83.06 km/h; 51.61 mph), but the Soviet Navy rejected the figure because the reactors were not at 100 percent during the test. "K-162 (6126349)"
Soviet_submarine_K-222
Small modular reactors (SMR) are much smaller than the current nuclear reactors (300 MWe or less) and have compact and scalable designs which propose
List of small modular reactor designs
List_of_small_modular_reactor_designs
Type of nuclear reactor
heavy‑water reactors and gas‑cooled reactors respectively) while others, including Japan and India, operate a mix of PWRs and other reactor types (notably
Pressurized_water_reactor
Ballistic missile submarine
damaged reactors. The repair process contaminated the nearby environment, in a zone within 700 m (2,300 ft), and the repair crew. The Soviet Navy dumped
Soviet_submarine_K-19
Nuclear reactor
The KN-3 reactor (VM-16) is the nuclear reactor used in pairs to power the Kirov-class battlecruisers. The reactor was also intended to be used on the
KN-3_reactor
Pressurised water reactor series
nuclear reactors List of United States Naval reactors Nuclear marine propulsion Soviet naval reactors Tizard Mission United States naval reactors Asst Chief
Rolls-Royce_PWR
Nuclear fission reactor
The OK-550 reactor is the nuclear fission reactor used to power three of the seven boats of the Soviet Navy's Project 705 Лира (Lira or Alfa in NATO designation)
OK-550_reactor
Russian nuclear fission reactor for use in submarines
The BM-40A reactor is the nuclear fission reactor used to power four of the seven boats of the Soviet Navy's Project 705 Лира (Lira or Alfa in NATO designation)
BM-40A_reactor
Type of nuclear reactor that uses normal water
nuclear reactors[citation needed]; due to these factors, they make up the vast majority of civil nuclear reactors and naval propulsion reactors in service
Light-water_reactor
Nuclear power to propel a vehicle
civilian nuclear ships Nuclear navy List of United States Naval reactors Soviet naval reactors Nuclear submarine Russia's Channel One Television news broadcast
Nuclear_propulsion
modular reactor List of nuclear reactors List of United States Naval reactors List of Soviet Naval reactors List of Russian small nuclear reactors "Updated
ELENA_reactor
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
Pressurized Reactor and the Franco-German European Pressurized Reactor. All the United States Naval reactors are of this type. Boiling water reactors (BWR)
Nuclear_reactor
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
conventional reactors. These materials are called fertile materials since they can be bred into fuel by these breeder reactors. Breeder reactors achieve this
Breeder_reactor
Submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
have occurred within the Soviet submarines, including serious nuclear and radiation accidents, but American naval reactors starting with the S1W and
Nuclear_submarine
US naval nuclear reactor
Navy's future reactor designs, which ultimately favored the reliability and operational ease of pressurized water reactors. This nuclear reactor is the shipboard
S2W_reactor
Navy with ships powered by nuclear energy
retired. United States naval reactors are given three-character designations consisting of a letter representing the ship type the reactor is designed for,
Nuclear_navy
Soviet nuclear attack submarine class
metal-cooled reactor had better efficiency than the water-cooled VM-A reactor, but technical maintenance of liquid metal cooled reactors in naval base was
November-class_submarine
Soviet nuclear reactor for use in space
the somewhat similar YENISEI reactors were different systems, and when the existence of the two Russian thermionic reactors became generally known, US personnel
TOPAZ_nuclear_reactor
Nuclear submarine of the Soviet Navy
nuclear submarine of the Soviet Navy's Project 645. It was constructed by placing a pair of experimental VT-1 nuclear reactors that used a liquid-metal
Soviet_submarine_K-27
Nuclear-powered attack submarine class
greatly improving safety. Lead-bismuth cooled reactors are much lighter and smaller than water-cooled reactors, which was the primary factor when considering
Alfa-class_submarine
Echo-II class cruise missile submarine of the Soviet Navy
K-431 (Russian: К-431; originally the K-31) was a Soviet nuclear-powered submarine that had a reactor accident on 10 August 1985. It was commissioned on
Soviet_submarine_K-431
Maritime service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот (ВМФ) СССР, romanized: Voyenno-morskoy flot (VMF) SSSR) was the naval warfare uniform service branch of
Soviet_Navy
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
in conventional reactors. MSRs can be refueled while operating (essentially online-nuclear reprocessing) while conventional reactors shut down for refueling
Molten-salt_reactor
site received nine further reactors were constructed. Of these, four were used for plutonium production, the other six reactors primarily produced tritium
Soviet Union and weapons of mass destruction
Soviet_Union_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Class of US nuclear attack submarines
Kuperman; Frank von Hippel (10 April 2020). "US study of reactor and fuel types to enable naval reactors to shift from HEU fuel". IPFM Blog. "Validation of
Seawolf-class_submarine
Soviet submarine commander
the Soviet Navy, notable as the commander of the ill-fated Soviet submarine K-19 in July 1961 during the Hotel class submarine's nuclear-reactor coolant
Nikolai_Vladimirovich_Zateyev
Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile systems during the Cold War
"World Naval Developments: The Typhoon Saga Ends". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2025-05-28. "World's Largest Submarines - 1981: Typhoon Class (Soviet and
Soviet naval ballistic systems
Soviet_naval_ballistic_systems
Soviet naval officer
November 17, 1937, Leningrad, USSR – July 10, 1961, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet naval officer, engineer-lieutenant, and commander of the remote-control group
Boris_Korchilov
Nuclear reactor where fast neutrons maintain a fission chain reaction
characteristics also cause fast reactors to be judged a higher nuclear proliferation risk, especially as breeder reactors require nuclear reprocessing,
Fast-neutron_reactor
Type of ship
Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear marine propulsion Offshore Power Systems Soviet naval reactors "Floating Nuclear Plant Sturgis Dismantled". The Maritime Executive
Russian floating nuclear power station
Russian_floating_nuclear_power_station
Nuclear engineering company in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Experimental Fast Reactor. The company has been the primary designer of naval reactors for both military and civilian uses: KN-3 reactor, OK-150 reactor, OK-550
OKBM_Afrikantov
1969 Alfa-class submarine
(208,000 hp) liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor that used a lead-bismuth alloy as the coolant. Two reactors types were used for the class, with Project
Soviet_submarine_K-64
Class of Russian battlecruisers
Soviet designation Project 1144 Orlan (Russian: Орлан, lit. 'sea eagle'), is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile heavy cruisers of the Soviet Navy
Kirov-class_battlecruiser
Soviet nuclear engineer in charge during the Chernobyl disaster (1931–1995)
Nuclear Power Plant. His fourteen-year experience working on naval reactors in the Soviet Far East made Dyatlov one of the three most senior managers at
Anatoly_Dyatlov
Propulsion system for submarines which operates without access to atmospheric oxygen
submarine reactors are designed to rely on natural circulation, most naval nuclear reactors use pumps to constantly circulate the reactor coolant, generating
Air-independent_propulsion
Soviet Navy vice admiral who prevented nuclear war (1926–1998)
studied at the Pacific Higher Naval School in Vladivostok and, in August 1945, served aboard a minesweeper during the Soviet–Japanese War. After the war
Vasily_Arkhipov
US Navy admiral
original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition
Hyman_G._Rickover
Fast-neutron nuclear reactor cooled by molten lead
energy reactors rather than fast reactors). Some proposed new nuclear reactor designs are lead-cooled. Fuel designs being explored for this reactor scheme
Lead-cooled_fast_reactor
Application of military airpower by navies
first aircraft carrier to be powered by nuclear reactors. USS Enterprise was powered by eight nuclear reactors and was the second surface warship (after USS Long
Naval_aviation
November-class submarine
(390 ft), a fire spread through the air-conditioning system. Both nuclear reactors were shut down. The captain ordered his entire crew to abandon ship but
Soviet_submarine_K-8
fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of
List of nuclear research reactors
List_of_nuclear_research_reactors
compete with those of the Soviet Navy. Long Beach, the largest of all the nuclear cruisers, was equipped with a C1W cruiser reactor, while all the others
Nuclear-powered cruisers of the United States Navy
Nuclear-powered_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy
Power generated from nuclear reactions
A few space vehicles have been launched using nuclear reactors: 34 reactors belong to the Soviet RORSAT series and one was the American SNAP-10A. Both
Nuclear_power
Severe events involving radioactive materials
operated ten experimental nuclear reactors. Numerous accidents occurred including a core meltdown. Experimental reactors of that era were not required to
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Soviet nuclear physicist (1910–1973)
1910 – 20 October 1973) was a Soviet nuclear physicist who contributed to the design and development of VVER nuclear reactors. Feinberg was born on 24 December
Savely_Feinberg
nine icebreakers. Many were or are powered by two reactors each, bringing the total to 468 reactors. With the end of the Cold War and chronic under-funding
Decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels
Decommissioning_of_Russian_nuclear-powered_vessels
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
energy. Devices that use this process are known as fusion reactors. Research on fusion reactors began in the 1940s. As of 2025, the National Ignition Facility
Fusion_power
First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy, in service from 1954 to 1980
Argonne National Laboratory in 1953 at S1W at the Naval Reactors Facility, part of the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. Nautilus remained dockside
USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)
Modern aircraft carriers and submarines use nuclear reactors for power. See United States naval reactors for information on classification schemes and the
United_States_Navy_ships
Defunct American nuclear production site
disaster in the Soviet Union in April 1986 prompted multiple reviews of the safety of American reactors. Of all the reactors in the U.S., N Reactor was the most
Hanford_Site
Former U.S. Army program
inaccessible sites. The ANPP tried both pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors, and had several accomplishments, but ultimately it was considered
Army_Nuclear_Power_Program
Class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines of the United States Navy
1960s, the Soviet Union's advances in submarine technology increasingly threatened the survivability of US Navy (USN) carrier battle groups. Soviet fast-attack
Los_Angeles-class_submarine
United States atomic electricity plant (1957–1982)
Station-related items in the Naval Reactors History Database Light-Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR)-related items in the Naval Reactors History Database Archived
Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Shippingport_Atomic_Power_Station
1982 Typhoon-class submarine
Zapadnaya Litsa naval base in the Kola Peninsula. The purpose of the submarines was to go on long patrols in the Arctic Ocean as part of the Soviet Union's nuclear
Soviet_submarine_TK-202
Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine
Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name Yankee I) of the Soviet Navy. It carried 16 R-27U liquid-fuel missiles powered by UDMH with nitrogen
Soviet_submarine_K-219
(reactors, isotope separation) that were typically relevant for weapons-oriented nuclear infrastructure. Despite earlier cooperation with the Soviets,
Yugoslavia and weapons of mass destruction
Yugoslavia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Kirov-class battlecruiser
to reach its maximum speed. The alternative, having four to six nuclear reactors, was rejected by the designers as being too dangerous. It has a virtually
Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy
Russian_battlecruiser_Pyotr_Velikiy
1984 thriller novel by Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue
The_Hunt_for_Red_October
Uncontrolled nuclear fission chain reaction
production relating to nuclear weapon cores, research reactors, commercial reactors, and naval reactors. A 2000 Los Alamos report recorded 60 criticality
Criticality_accident
× RBU-12000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp) Speed: 32 knots
List of cruiser classes in service
List_of_cruiser_classes_in_service
Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine
and the Soviet submarine K-129. The wreckage of the Scorpion remains in the North Atlantic Ocean with all her armaments and her nuclear reactor. Scorpion's
USS_Scorpion_(SSN-589)
Nuclear-powered attack submarine class
were completed to a modified design, with longer hulls and more powerful reactors. The last Type 091 launched in 1990. Hull 404 was the first Type 091 to
Type_091_submarine
US Navy nuclear attack submarine
Stehn, J. R., ed. (26 March 1964). "Naval Reactors Physics Handbook: The physics of intermediate spectrum reactors". Trakimavičius, Lukas. "The Future
USS_Seawolf_(SSN-575)
Echo II-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine
of 7.5 metres (25 ft). She was powered by two pressurized-water nuclear reactors generating 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) through two propellers for
Soviet_submarine_K-131
Underwater weapon carrying a nuclear warhead
hit targets within 40 km (25 mi). Project 627 was modified to provide reactors for a new vessel that would be capable of deploying 533 mm caliber torpedoes
Nuclear_torpedo
US Navy radar picket submarine
outside of the Soviet Union designed with a two-reactor propulsion plant. Her S4G reactors were seagoing versions of the land-based S3G reactor prototype.
USS_Triton_(SSRN-586)
Topics referred to by the same term
of the Naval Aircraft Factory PN flying boat Toyota PM, a concept car Pm36, a Polish steam locomotive Makarov PM (Pistolet Makarova), a Soviet and Russian
PM
Decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier
carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors, having an eight-reactor propulsion design, with each A2W reactor taking the place of one of the conventional
USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)
Monster Anatoly Alexandrov, inventor of degaussing, developer of naval nuclear reactors (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker) Agustín de Betancourt
List of Russian marine engineers
List_of_Russian_marine_engineers
Submarines of the Soviet Navy were developed by numbered "projects", which were sometimes but not always given names. During the Cold War, NATO nations
List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes
List_of_Soviet_and_Russian_submarine_classes
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
start Reactor B on schedule in August 1944. Work began on Reactor B, the first of six planned 250 MW reactors, on 10 October 1943. The reactor complexes
Manhattan_Project
construction of 80 reactors by 1985 and 170 by 2000. France would construct 25 fission-electric stations, installing 56 mostly PWR design reactors over the next
History_of_nuclear_power
United States federal government agency
the U.S. Navy Training facilities for Naval Reactors and Nuclear Power schools Various field offices and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Headquarters
National Nuclear Security Administration
National_Nuclear_Security_Administration
Planned Soviet nuclear powered aircraft carrier
supercarriers for the Soviet Navy. It was intended for the first ship to offer true blue water naval aviation capability for the Soviet Union, as the ship
Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk
Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Ulyanovsk
Use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object
sank near Spain may have been carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea" – via The Guardian. Office of Naval Research (2004, June 14). Mechanics and energy
Supercavitation
Kirov-class battlecruiser
to reach its maximum speed. The alternative, having four to six nuclear reactors, was rejected by the designers as being too big of a design risk. It has
Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov
Russian_battlecruiser_Admiral_Nakhimov
Ballistic missile submarine
its reactors and modification to be able to carry the newer R-39M missile that was under development. Work was delayed after the fall of the Soviet Union
Russian submarine Dmitry Donskoy (TK-208)
Russian_submarine_Dmitry_Donskoy_(TK-208)
Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean
Russian government in March 1993, the Soviet Union dumped six nuclear submarine reactors and ten nuclear reactors into the Kara Sea between 1965 and 1988
Kara_Sea
Maritime service branch of the U.S. military
of need. The U.S. Navy was one of the first to install nuclear reactors aboard naval vessels. Today, nuclear energy powers all active U.S. aircraft carriers
United_States_Navy
United States Navy submarine (1961–63)
Kursk, which sank with 118 aboard in 2000. Created to find and destroy Soviet submarines, Thresher was the fastest and quietest submarine of its day,
USS_Thresher_(SSN-593)
Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine
the Soviet Navy. It was one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic-missile submarines assigned to the 15th Submarine Squadron based at Rybachiy Naval Base
Soviet_submarine_K-129_(1960)
India's first successful nuclear weapons test (1974)
period, India signed an agreement with Soviet Union to help build nuclear reactors in India. With two reactors operational in early 1960s, Bhabha was
Smiling_Buddha
Uranium processed to increase the percentage of uranium-235
has been used in nuclear weapons, naval propulsion reactors, some research reactors, and certain specialized reactor designs. There are about 2,000 tonnes
Enriched_uranium
Soviet Navy officer
120 m, a fire spread through the air-conditioning system. Both nuclear reactors were shut down. The captain ordered his entire crew to abandon ship but
Vsevolod_Bessonov
1997 British TV series or programme
rods are lowered, and both reactors are shut down, averting disaster, but one crew member remains locked inside the reactor room, running out of oxygen
Hostile_Waters_(film)
1956 study by the US Navy on anti-submarine and nuclear weapons
leveraging high power-to-weight reactors from the developmental nuclear-powered aircraft program, and these reactors were never successfully developed
Project_Nobska
Soviet-made Charlie-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine
it was partially manned by a Soviet crew, who reportedly did not allow Indians into the missile room and into the reactor compartment and this is believed
Soviet_submarine_K-43
Kirov-class battlecruiser
at the Baltiysky Naval Shipyard in Leningrad, launched on 26 December 1977, and commissioned on 30 December 1980, part of Soviet Northern Fleet. When
Russian_battlecruiser_Kirov
Russian state-owned nuclear technologies company
simultaneously involves thermal and fast reactors. VVER reactors, with their improved adjustments, were selected as thermal reactors and BN (sodium-cooled) and BREST/BR
Rosatom
in the Soviet Union. Alongside the AMB-200 they are the only two such reactors ever, but the design has re-emerged as a Generation IV reactor concept
Timeline_of_nuclear_power
SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
Female
German
Dutch and German form of French Sophie, SOFIE means "wisdom."Â
Male
Hebrew
(טï‹×‘ִת) Variant spelling of Hebrew Tobit, TOVIT means "good."Â
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Telugu
Wonder
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, French, Indian, Kannada, Lebanese, Muslim, Sindhi
Gift; Present
Female
Hebrew
(× Ö¸×וָה) Hebrew name NAVA means "beautiful."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Astonishing
Girl/Female
Indian
Small plant
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sun
Boy/Male
Hindu
King among actors
Boy/Male
Hindu
Naya, New, Nootan
Girl/Female
Muslim
Small plant
Boy/Male
Indian
Boy/Male
Hindu
Fortunate
Boy/Male
Hindu
Nivala morsel
Boy/Male
Spanish
Born at Christmas.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Champion, King of the jews, Awesome with sports
Boy/Male
Biblical
Fool, senseless.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Peacock
Boy/Male
Hindu
Wonder, New, Modern
SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Beautiful Eyes
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Powerful; Complete
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Variant of Jane; From the French Jeanette; God has been Gracious; Female Version of John; God is Gracious
Male
Russian
(Ярополк) Russian form of Polish Jaropełk, YAROPOLK means "spring people."
Boy/Male
Latin
Descended from Atreus.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Hrólfr, ROLF means "famous wolf." Compare with other forms of Rolf.
Girl/Female
Arabic
A Drink of Water
Boy/Male
Hebrew
royal.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Meadow on the Moor
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SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
SOVIET NAVAL-REACTORS
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n.
The navel; the center.
n.
A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
n.
A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.
a.
Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.
n.
One of the nasal bones.
n.
The navel.
a.
Abounding with snow; snowy.
n.
A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.
n.
The navel.
n.
A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.
a.
Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
n.
An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
n.pl.
Naval affairs.
n.
Nasal catarrh.
a.
Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
v. t.
To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
a.
Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
n.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.