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Definitions: REGENERATOR |
REGENERATORNoun1. A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas. 2. One who, or that which, regenerates. |
Date "REGENERATOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | A device used in a thermodynamic process for capturing and returning to the process heat that would otherwise be lost. Also called a heat exchanger (which see). (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A device which regenerates signals. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device in which the hot gases, usually waste combustion gases, pass through a set of chambers containing firebrick structures, to which the sensible heat is given up. The direction of hot gas flow is diverted periodically to another set of chambers and cold incoming combustion gas or air is preheated in the hot chambers. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | Device arranged to accept and store trains of pulses having characteristics, i. e. speed and ratio, within a specified range and to transmit corresponding trains of pulses having characteristics within a more limited range. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Synonyms by domain: checker chamber (industry, metallurgy), regenerative (mining, metallurgy), regenerative chamber, regenerator chamber (industry, metallurgy). |
Crosswords: REGENERATOR |
| English words defined with "REGENERATOR": Recuperator, Regenerative furnace. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "REGENERATOR": acid regenerator, acid-recovery operator ♦ blast furnace stove ♦ cardoxide ♦ fantail arch ♦ hot blast stove ♦ REGENERATOR OPERATOR ♦ Stirling cycle. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "REGENERATOR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (regenerator), Romanian (regenerating, regenerative, regenerator), Serbo-Croatian (regenerator). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | There are currently 27 solvent regenerator plants, 16 physical chemical treatment plants, 14 specialized incineration plants, 13 evaporation plants, 11 pretreatment co-incineration centers (fuel mixing preparation) and 30 cement plants in France that treat hazardous waste. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "REGENERATOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "REGENERATOR" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "REGENERATOR": regenerator packing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "REGENERATOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rigjenerator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المسترجع جهاز, المصلح (peacemaker, reformer, renovator, repairer), المجداد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | регенератор, възстановител, обновител (renovator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 热交流器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | regenerátor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | regeneratorindsaetning (checkers, checkerwork, regenerator packing), gitter (bar screen, bridge, bridgewall, checkers, checkerwork, grating, grid, grid of an X-ray tube, grillage, hearth, lattice, mesh, rack screen, regenerator packing), den kendelige varmemaengde i roeggasserne,der forlader ovnrummet i Siemens-Martin-ovnen,udnyttes,idet de ledes gennem rekuperatorkamre,der er fyldt med opstablede ildfaste sten (the sensible heat in the waste gases from the open hearth is recovered as the gases pass through regenerator chambers(UK)/regenerative chambers(US)filled with a checkerwork of refractory bricks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stapelwerk (checkers, checkerwork, dry laid masonry, dry stone masonry, regenerator packing), onderste stapel (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator), kamervulling (checkers, checkerwork, regenerator packing), kamerstapeling (checkers, checkerwork, regenerator packing), de voelbare warmte van de uit de martinoven komende verbrandingsgassen wordt gebruikt:zij worden hiertoe door de regeneratoren geleid waarvan de kamers met een stapelwerk van vuurvaste stenen zijn gevuld (the sensible heat in the waste gases from the open hearth is recovered as the gases pass through regenerator chambers(UK)/regenerative chambers(US)filled with a checkerwork of refractory bricks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | regeneraattoriristikko (checkers, checkerwork, regenerator packing), regeneraattorin alaristikko (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator), alaristikko (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | régénérateur (recuperative, regenerative, renovator), cartouche de régénération. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Regenerator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναγεννών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | újjáalkotó (regenerating, regenerative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zona inferiore di impilaggio (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator), impilaggio (allotment, checkers, checkerwork, regenerator packing, stacking, stacking allotment), il calore sensibile dei fumi uscenti dalla camera del forno Martin viene recuperato convogliando questi ultimi in camere di ricupero rivestite da un impilaggio di mattoni refrattari (the sensible heat in the waste gases from the open hearth is recovered as the gases pass through regenerator chambers(UK)/regenerative chambers(US)filled with a checkerwork of refractory bricks), camera secondaria (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator), camera a bassa temperatura (secondary checkers, second-stage regenerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 재생기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aaghienneyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egeneratorray regenerador (driver, regenerate, repeater), recuperador (recuperative heater, recuperator, skimmer). (various references) regenerator (regenerating, regenerative). (various references) регенератор. (various references) regenerator. (various references) regenerador (regenerate, regenerative, restorative). (various references) generativgenerator. (various references) ผู้ปฏิรูป. (various references) регенератор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "REGENERATOR": regenerators. (additional references) | |
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"REGENERATOR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: regenerat, Rugenera. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "REGENERATOR" (pronounced 'Re*gen"er*a`tor'): Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accommodator, Accumulator, Actuator, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Agitator, Agricultor, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Anticipator, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Architector, Articulator, Aspirator, Assassinator, Associator, Auscultator, Calorisator, Capitulator, Caveator, Celebrator, Circulator, Circumnavigator, Coagulator, Collaborator, Collimator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commentator, Commiserator, Communicator, Commutator, Companator, Comparator, Compilator, Compotator, Compurgator, Conciator, Conciliator, Concionator, Confederator, Confirmator, Confiscator, Conformator, Congratulator, Conjurator, Consecrator, Conservator, Considerator, Consolator, Contemplator, Continuator, Cooperator, Corporator, Corrugator, Cultivator, Decimator, Declamator, Declarator, Declinator, Decorator, Decorticator, Dedicator, Defalcator, Defecator, Deflagrator, Degerminator, Deliberator, Delineator, Demonstrator, Denigrator, Denominator, Denunciator, Depopulator, Deprecator, Depreciator, Depredator, Depurator, Deputator, Derogator, Desecrator, Designator, Desolator, Determinator, Devastator, Deviator, Differentiator, Dilapidator, Disarticulator, Discriminator, Disintegrator, Dispensator, Disseminator, Dissertator, Dissimulator, Divinator, Domesticator, Dominator, Educator, Edulcorator, Ejaculator, Elaborator, Elucidator, Emancipator, Emasculator, Emendator, Emigrator, emulator, Enumerator, Enunciator, Epitomator, Equivocator, Escalator, Estimator, Evacuator, Evaporator, Evocator, Exaggerator, Examinator, Excavator, Excitator, Excommunicator, Exonerator, Experimentator, Expiator, Expilator, Explicator, Explorator, Expostulator, Expurgator, Exsiccator, Extenuator, Exterminator, Extirpator, Fabricator, Falsificator, Flagellator, fornicator, Fumigator, Gesticulator, Gladiator, Habitator, Hallucinator, Horticultor, Hypothecator, Illuminator, Immolator, impersonator, Implorator, Importunator, Impropriator, Improvisator, Inaugurator, Incarcerator, Incorporator, Indagator, Individuator, initiator, innovator, inoculator, Insidiator, Insinuator, Inspirator, Instaurator, instigator, Instilllator, Institutor, insulator, integrator, intermediator, Interpolator, interrogator, investigator, Isolator, Jaculator, Joculator, Justificator, legislator, liberator, liquidator, Literator, Lithontriptor, Lithotriptor, litigator, lubricator, Lucubrator, machinator, malaxator, manipulator, Manumotor, Masticator, mediator, Meliorator, Mitigator, moderator, Modulator, Multiplicator, Mystificator, Navigator, Negotiator, Nomenclator, Nominator, Observator, Officiator, operator, Opinator, Opinionator, Ordinator, Originator, oscillator, Ostentator, Oxidator, Pacificator, Participator, Peculator, Peregrinator, Perforator, Permulator, Perpetrator, Persecutor, Personator, Perturbator, Populator, Postillator, Precipitator, Predestinator, Prestidigitator, Prestigiator, Prevaricator, Procrastinator, Procreator, Procurator, Prognosticator, Promulgator, Pronunciator, Propagator, Propitiator, Prosecutor, Prostitutor, Protestator, Pulmotor, Punctuator, Purificator, Qualificator, Recapitulator, Recriminator, Rectificator, Recuperator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, Repetitor, Repudiator, respirator, Restitutor, Restorator, resuscitator, Revelator, Reverberator, Rheomotor, ruminator, Sacrificator, Saturator, Scarificator, separator, Sequestrator, Sermocinator, Significator, simulator, Somnambulator, Sophisticator, speculator, Spoliator, Stimulator, Stipulator, Stridulator, subjugator, Suffragator, Sulphurator, Supplicator, Tergiversator, terminator, Testificator, thermoregulator, totalisator, totalizator, Transmigrator, Transubstantiator, turbogenerator, Underactor, urinator, vaccinator, valuator, Vaticinator, Venerator, Ventilator, Versificator, Vindicator, Violator, Vituperator, Vociferator. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-n-o-r-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: generator. | |
-3 letters: garroter, generate, teenager. | |
-4 letters: eagerer, enterer, etagere, garrote, grantee, granter, grantor, greaten, greater, greener, greeter, groaner, negater, negator, reagent, reenter, regrant, regrate, regreen, regreet, reneger, teenage, terrane, terreen, terrene. | |
-5 letters: argent, atoner, earner, enrage, entera, entree, ergate, errant, eterne, garner, garnet, garote, garret, garron, garter, genera, gerent, goatee, grater, nearer, neater, negate, onager, orange, orgeat, ornate, ranger, ranter, rearer, reearn, regear, regent, regret, renege, renter, retear, retene, retore, retorn, roarer, tearer, teener, terrae, terror, tonger. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-g-n-o-r-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: regenerators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 47 45 4E 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --. . -. . .-. .- - --- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000111 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E G E N E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0047 0045 004E 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5239413948395235544952 |
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