ALL meanings of china syndrome
chi·na syn·drome
C c - noun china syndrome a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth. 1
- noun china syndrome (Idiomatic) (nuclear physics) NU A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China. 0
- noun china syndrome (Idiomatic) NC (nuclear physics, possibly nonstandard) One instance of such a nuclear mishap. 0
- noun china syndrome (Idiomatic) NC (sometimes fanciful) A behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China. 0
- noun china syndrome (medicine) A rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis. 0