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extractor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪkˈstɹæktə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others. ▸ A machine for clearing combs of honey.
  2. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others. ▸ A device for rendering wax.
  3. An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.
  4. A centrifugal drying machine.
  5. (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
  6. A particular kind of bipartite graph.
  7. 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.

Forms

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extractors Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

phytoextractor · hydroextractor · extractor hood · honey extractor · Soxhlet extractor · cryoextractor