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Definition: Precipitator |
PrecipitatorNoun1. Removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Precipitator \Pre*cip"i*ta`tor\, noun. [Latin expression praecipitator an overthrower.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Environment | Pollution control device that collects particles from an air stream. (references) |
| Comprise an extensive array of equipment but, in general, they can be classified into three sub-groups: a) Inertial separators b) filters c) precipitators. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | In beneficiation, smelting, and refining, a person who (1) tends zinc boxes in which gold or silver that has been dissolved in a cyanide solution is precipitated; and (2) precipitates gold from cyanide solution, except that the cyanide solution is agitated with zinc dust in a mixing cone and precipitate, then turned into a filter press where the precipitate is recovered prior to the drying and refining to secure thegold. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PrecipitatorSynonym: Cottrell precipitator (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Precipitator |
| Specialty definitions using "precipitator": BOTTOM-PRECIPITATOR OPERATOR ♦ DISSOLVER OPERATOR, dust precipitator ♦ Electrostatic Precipitator ♦ Hexhlet sampler ♦ Leitz tyndallometer ♦ quantitation ♦ slotted duct sampler, SMOKE TESTER ♦ TOP-PRECIPITATOR OPERATOR, TOP-PRECIPITATOR-OPERATOR HELPER, tyndallometer. (references) |
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Business | Other pollution control equipment used at power plants are electrostatic precipitator, back filter, dry low-NOx burner and over-fire damper. (references) | |
The increase in the use of natural gas over lignite and fuel oil will, however, reduce the necessity for the installation of flue gas desulfurization systems (FGDs) and electrostatic precipitator systems (ESPs). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "precipitator": Cottrell precipitator. 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. |
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electrostatic precipitator | 31 |
precipitator rapper | 10 |
precipitator | 3 |
wet electrostatic precipitator | 3 |
electrostatic plate precipitator wire | 2 |
design electrostatic precipitator | 2 |
electrostatic home precipitator | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "precipitator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沉淀器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vandstraalepumper suger vandet vaek, som samler sig ved rotation i vandadskillerne (jet pumps draw off water accumulating in the rotary precipitator and feed it back to the tank), med termovaegten opnaas en repraesentativ sammenligning af proever udtaget til den kvantitative og kvalitative bestemmelse af stoev (the thermal precipitator provides a representative method of sampling for quantitative and qualitative analysis of dust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | het water dat zich verzamelt in de roterende stofafscheider,wordt met waterstraal pompen afgezogen (jet pumps draw off water accumulating in the rotary precipitator and feed it back to the tank), de thermische precipitator levert een bemonstering, die representatief is voor de kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve stofanalyses (the thermal precipitator provides a representative method of sampling for quantitative and qualitative analysis of dust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | séparateur électrostatiques. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ausfällapparat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατακρημνιστήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | precipitatore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 침 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecipitatorpray o termoprecipitador fornece uma amostragem representativa para a determinação quantitativa e qualitativa dos empoeiramentos (the thermal precipitator provides a representative method of sampling for quantitative and qualitative analysis of dust), a água que se acumula no separador rotativo é aspirada e reenviada ao reservatório por meio de bombas de jacto de água (jet pumps draw off water accumulating in the rotary precipitator and feed it back to the tank). (various references) осадитель (settler). (various references) Si el agua se acumula en el separador por rotación es aspirada por medio de bombas de agua. (jet pumps draw off water accumulating in the rotary precipitator and feed it back to the tank), El precipitador térmico suministra un método representativo para la determinación cuantitativa y cualitativa de los polvos. (the thermal precipitator provides a representative method of sampling for quantitative and qualitative analysis of dust). (various references) осадник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "precipitator": precipitators. (additional references) | |
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"Precipitator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Precipitato. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "precipitator" (pronounced 'Pre*cip"i*ta`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. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-o-p-p-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: propitiate, protreptic. | |
-3 letters: cartopper, patriotic. | |
-4 letters: crappier, criteria, irritate, operatic, pericarp, periotic, portrait, priorate, protatic, protract, retroact, trippier. | |
-5 letters: airport, apricot, aprotic, carport, cattier, cirrate, citator, citrate, cottier, crapper, crappie, creator, critter, cropper, croppie, ectopia, epicarp, erotica, erratic, paretic, parotic, partier, partite, patriot, periapt, picrate, picrite, pierrot, piratic, porrect, pottier, praetor, prairie, preriot, priapic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-o-p-p-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: precipitators. | |
+2 letters: superpatriotic. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100011 01101001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e c i p i t a t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0063 0069 0070 0069 0074 0061 0074 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471697582758667868184 |
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