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Extractor

noun
1.
An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components.
2.
An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.  Synonyms: centrifuge, separator.
3.
A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector.  Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover.






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"Extractor" Quotes from Famous Books



... of apparatus closed circuits of circular or rectangular shape are required. A similar problem is involved in apparatus like the ordinary Soxhlet extractor, where a small tube is joined to the side of a large one, bent to form a siphon, and attached again to a continuation of the original large tube. The difficulty in all such cases is to provide for the contraction taking place as the last joint ...
— Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing • Francis C. Frary

... — N. extraction; extracting &c. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. evulsion[obs3], avulsion[obs3]; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection &c. 297; export &c. (egress) 295. extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers. V. extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate|; unroot[obs3]; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... placed it beside the chair. Doctor Hissong opened a drawer and brought forth an instrument that resembled a cant-hook, one of those tools used in overturning logs. This tooth extractor had a handle about six inches long, and a sort of steel hook on the end, and it would draw the tooth, if the jawbone ...
— Shawn of Skarrow • James Tandy Ellis



Words linked to "Extractor" :   cartridge extractor, gun, mechanism, setup, cartridge remover, hematocrit, extract, ultracentrifuge, centrifuge, separator, apparatus, forceps, haematocrit, instrument



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