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sep·a·ra·tor

 (sĕp′ə-rā′tər)

n.

One that separates, as a device for separating cream from milk.

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(ˈsɛpəˌreɪtə)

n

1. a person or thing that separates

2. a device for separating things into constituent parts, as milk into cream, etc

ˈseparatory adj

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sep•a•ra•tor

(ˈsɛp əˌreɪ tər)

n.

1. a person or thing that separates.

2. an apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk.

[1600–10; < Late Latin sēparātor < Latin sēparā(re) to separate]

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Separator

1. A machine used to separate grain from its straw during threshing. Separators were made as standalone machines, but also were an integral part of threshing machines.

2. A machine to separate cream from milk, see Cream separator.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

separator - an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension centrifuge, extractor apparatus, setup - equipment designed to serve a specific function haematocrit, hematocrit - a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood ultracentrifuge - a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins

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Translations

Zentrifuge

elválasztószétválasztó

separatore

separator

[ˈsepəreɪtəʳ] N → separador m

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n → Separator m; (Comput) → Trennzeichen nt

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