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Definition: Aspirator |
AspiratorNoun1. A pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | An apparatus for moving or collecting gases, liquids, or granularsubstances by suction. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Aspirator |
| English words defined with "aspirator": Sprengel pump. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aspirator": CLEAN-RICE GRADER AND REEL TENDER ♦ filter pump ♦ TAKE-UP OPERATOR. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aspirator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (uptake), Latin (inciter), Romanian (aspirator, carpet sweeper, inspirator, sucker, sucking, vacuum cleaner), Serbo-Croatian (extractor fan), Turkish (exhauster). |
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Health | Ultrasonic aspirators use sound waves to vibrate tumors and break them up. Like a vacuum, the aspirator then sucks up the tumor fragments. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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| Language | Translations for "aspirator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السفاطة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аспиратор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 吸"器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aspirator, sugedrænage (aspiration, suction drainage), sugeapparat, sug. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aspirator (gas aspirating bottle), zuigpomp (sucking pump, suction pump), zuiger (piston), zuigapparaat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aspirateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Saugapparat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εισπνευστήρ (inhaler), αναρροφητήρας (suction pad), αντλία εισπνοήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szívó ventilátor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aspiratore (draft tube, draught tube, exhauster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 水流ポンプ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいりゅうポンプ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 흡인기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sooder (absorber, exhaust, sipper, soaker, sucker, tippler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aspiratoray aspirador (aspiring, hoover, vacuum cleaner). (various references) aspirator (carpet sweeper, inspirator, sucker, sucking, vacuum cleaner), mascã de gaze (gas, respirator). (various references) отсасывающее устройство, аспиратор (exhauster). (various references) usisivač (hoover, vacuum cleaner), spirator. (various references) aspirador (vacuum cleaner). (various references) aspiratör, vücuttan sıvıları emerek çeken alet, emmeç. (various references) відсмоктуючий пристрій, аспіратор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aspirator": aspirators. (additional references) | |
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"Aspirator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aparato, aspirat, inspiratory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "aspirator" (pronounced 'As"pi*ra`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, Assassinator, Associator, Auscultator, Calorisator, Capitulator, Caveator, Celebrator, Circulator, Circumnavigator, Coagulator, Collaborator, Collimator, Collocutor, Commemorator, Commentator, Commiserator. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: airports. | |
-2 letters: airport, airpost, parrots, raptors, rosaria. | |
-3 letters: aorist, aortas, arista, aristo, parrot, pastor, patios, patois, priors, prosit, rapist, raptor, ratios, riatas, ripost, rostra, sapota, sartor, satori, satrap, tapirs, tarsia, tiaras, tripos. | |
-4 letters: airts, aorta, apart, aport, arias, arras, arris, astir, ataps, atria, atrip, iotas, orris, ostia, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parrs, parts, pasta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-o-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: apparitors, aspirators. | |
+2 letters: praetorians, reparations. | |
+3 letters: appreciators, appropriates, parathyroids, preparations, proletarians, proletariats, supraorbital. | |
+4 letters: antipredators, aortographies, appropriators, arthropathies, cartographies, intrapersonal, participators, prevaricators, procrastinate, repatriations, suprarational, transpiration. | |
+5 letters: appropriations, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, conspiratorial, misappropriate, nitroparaffins, particleboards, prevarications, procrastinated, procrastinates, procrastinator, proletarianise, radiotherapies, radiotherapist, reappropriates, subproletariat, transpirations, transportation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 70 69 72 61 74 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .--. .. .-. .- - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s p i r a t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0070 0069 0072 0061 0074 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358582758467868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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