extractor
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹæktə/
- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Noun
extractor (plural extractors)
- Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
- A machine for clearing combs of honey.
- A device for rendering wax.
- (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.
- A centrifugal drying machine.
- (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
- (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.
- 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
Romanian
Etymology
From French extracteur.
Noun
extractor n (plural extractori)
- extractor
Declension
Declension of extractor
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) extractor | extractorul | (niște) extractori | extractorile |
genitive/dative | (unui) extractor | extractorului | (unor) extractori | extractorilor |
vocative | extractorule | extractorilor |
Spanish
Adjective
extractor (feminine extractora, masculine plural extractores, feminine plural extractoras)
- extracting
Noun
extractor m (plural extractores)
- extractor, extractor fan
Derived terms
- extractor de leche
Further reading
- “extractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “extractor” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.