EXTRACTOR

centrifuge, extractor, separator

(noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

extractor

(noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

extractor (plural extractors)

Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.

A machine for clearing combs of honey.

A device for rendering wax.

(chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.

A centrifugal drying machine.

(in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.

(graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.

A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*tract"or, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, extracts; as: (a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. (b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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