Separator
['sepəreɪtə] or ['sɛpəretɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, separates.
(n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
(n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
(n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Divider.
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Examples
- In mining there are stamp mills, ore crushers, separators, concentrators, and amalgamators. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Other mechanical processes consist of _separators_ of various descriptions--a prominent one of which acts on the principal of centrifugal force. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They include trimmers, stitch separators, edge setters, buffers, finishers, cleaners, stampers, shoe treers, creasers, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rocks having thus been reduced to fine powder, the mass was ready for screening on its way to the magnetic separators. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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