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extractor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun extractor has 3 senses
- extractor(n = noun.artifact) Array - an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components; Array has particulars: forceps
- extractor(n = noun.artifact) centrifuge, separator - an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension; Array is a kind of apparatus, setup
- extractor(n = noun.artifact) cartridge extractor, cartridge remover - a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector; Array is a part of gun
is a kind of instrument
Derived form verb extract1
has particulars: haematocrit, hematocrit, ultracentrifuge
is a kind of mechanism
CIDE DICTIONARY
extractor, n.
- One who, or that which, extracts [1913 Webster]
- A centrifugal drying machine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
extractor, n.
1 a person or machine that extracts.
2 (attrib.) (of a device) that extracts bad air etc. or ventilates a room (extractor fan; extractor hood).
1 a person or machine that extracts.
2 (attrib.) (of a device) that extracts bad air etc. or ventilates a room (extractor fan; extractor hood).
ROGET THESAURUS
extractor
Extraction
N extraction, extracting, removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution, evulsion, avulsion, wrench, expression, squeezing, extirpation, extermination, ejection, export, extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers, extracted.
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