extractor
nounUS /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/ · UK /ɪkˈstɹæktə/
7 senses
- 1A machine for clearing combs of honey.
- 2A device for rendering wax.
- 3An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble…
- 4A centrifugal drying machine.
- 5A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
- 6A particular kind of bipartite graph.
- 7A function which, being applied to output from a weakly…
› Any of various mechanical devices that…
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A machine for clearing combs of honey.
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A device for rendering wax.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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.
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Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences A particular kind of bipartite graph.
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Mathematics, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- cryoextractor, extractor hood, honey extractor, hydroextractor, phytoextractor, Soxhlet extractor