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Definition: CONCENTRATOR |
CONCENTRATORNoun1. An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. |
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Computing | Concentrator |
Electrical Engineering | A switching stage which has a smaller number of outlets than inlets. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A transformer of which the secondary is a heating inductor designed to concentrate the heating effect within a specific zone of the workpiece. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A PV module that uses optical elements to increase the amount of sunlight incident on a PV cell. Concentrating arrays must track the sun and use only the direct sunlight because the diffuse portion cannot be focused onto the PV cells. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| In data transmission, a functional unit that permits a common transmission medium to serve more data sources than there are channels currently available within the transmission medium. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Device(lens, reflector or mirror)for concentrating solar radiation on the absorber. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Language | An apparatus by which something (as an ore or a solution) is concentrated. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A plant where ore is separated into values (concentrates) and rejects (tails). An appliance in such a plant, e.g., flotation cell, jig, electromagnet, shaking table. Also called mill; reduction works; cleaning plant. Syn:concentrating plant b. An apparatus in which, by the aid of water, air, and/or gravity, mechanical concentration of ores is performed. A concentration plant c. A general term for a worker, who tends concentrating tables, vanners, and other types of equipment used to separate valuable minerals from wastematerial e.g., flotation cell, jig, electromagnet, shaking table. Also called mill; reduction works; cleaning plant. Syn:concentrating plant b. An apparatus in which, by the aid of water, air, and/or gravity, mechanical concentration of ores is performed. A concentration plant. (references) |
Solar | A collector that enhances solar energy by focusing it onto a smaller area through mirrored surfaces or lenses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CONCENTRATOR |
| Specialty definitions using "CONCENTRATOR": concentration factor, concentration ratio,CR, custom plant ♦ Dodd buddle, dual-attached, ducon ♦ finishing jig ♦ plumb pneumatic jig, Point-Contact Cell, pulsator ji ♦ Sutton, Steele, and Steele dry table ♦ terminal interface message processor. (references) |
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 | Production. Copper. Copper ore being discharged through a portable feeder into the fine ore bins at the Arthur, Utah copper concentrator of the Utah Copper Company. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Concentrator. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "CONCENTRATOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "CONCENTRATOR" is used about 14 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) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CONCENTRATOR": access concentrator ♦ data circuit concentrator ♦ data concentrator ♦ facetted concentrator ♦ packet assembler/disassembler concentrator ♦ PAD concentrator ♦ solar concentrator ♦ telegraphic concentrator ♦ Winston concentrator. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CONCENTRATOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 集中器 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | solkoncentrator (concentrating mirror, solar concentrator), koncentrerende vælgertrin (concentration stage), koncentrator (concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, duct, shroud, solar concentrator), koncentrationsanlæg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | concentrator/transformator, concentrator (concentrating mirror, concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, solar concentrator, telegraphic concentrator), zonneconcentrator (concentrating collector, solar concentrator), vooruitgeschoven abonneeschakeltrap (line concentrator, loop switching system, pair gain system), indikinstallatie, indampinstallatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keskittäjä (solar concentrator), keskitin (concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator), haihdutuslaite, haihdutin (evaporator, vaporiser), auringonsäteilyn keskittäjä (solar concentrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | concentrateur (concentrating collector, concentrating mirror, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, line concentrator, solar concentrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Konzentrator (concentrating mirror, concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, solar concentrator, telegraphic concentrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγκεντρωτήρας (solar concentrator), συγκεντρωτήσ, συγκεντρωτής/σκεδαστής, συγκεντρωτής (concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, duct, shroud, speech interpolator), συμπυκνωτής (condenser, thickener, trap, vapour trap), βαθμίδα συγκέντρωσης (concentration stage), επικεντρωτήρας (solar concentrator), επαγωγικός συμπυκνωτής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | concentratore solare (concentrating mirror, solar concentrator), concentratore di traffico (data circuit concentrator, data concentrator), concentratore (data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, solar concentrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コンシューマ製" (concentration, concentric, concept, concept advertisement, conception, conceptual art, concessionary chain, consensus, consent, conservatoire, console, console type, consomme, consortium, constant, constellation system, constitution, constraint, construct, constructor, consumer goods, consumer products, control strip, electrical outlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コンセントレーター . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 집중 장치. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | chiuder (coagulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oncentratorcay concentrador solar (solar concentrator), concentrador (concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, solar concentrator). (various references) концентратор (thickener). (various references) concentrador solar (solar concentrator), concentrador de datos (data circuit concentrator, data concentrator), concentrador (concentration stage, data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, evaporator, vaporiser), etapa de concentración (concentration stage). (various references) solkoncentrator (solar concentrator), koncentrator (data circuit concentrator, data concentrator), datakoncentrator (data circuit concentrator, data concentrator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CONCENTRATOR": concentrators. (additional references) | |
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"CONCENTRATOR" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concentrat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: contractor, nonreactor. | |
-3 letters: cocreator, connector, recontact. | |
-4 letters: accentor, concerto, contract, coronate, corotate, cotenant, nonactor, ratooner, retroact. | |
-5 letters: arnotto, cartoon, coactor, cocotte, coenact, concent, concern, concert, connate, connect, connote, contact, content, contort, cooncan, coranto, coronae, coroner, coronet, correct, creator, crooner, enactor, entrant, raccoon, rattoon, reactor, retract, rotator, toccate, torrent, tractor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: concentrators. | |
+3 letters: anthropocentric, counterreaction, reconcentration. | |
+4 letters: counterreactions, reconcentrations. | |
+5 letters: contradictoriness, overconcentration. | |
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