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Definition of Extractor
1. Noun. An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components.
2. Noun. An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.
Generic synonyms: Apparatus, Setup
Specialized synonyms: Haematocrit, Hematocrit, Ultracentrifuge
Derivative terms: Centrifugate, Centrifuge, Separate
3. Noun. A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector.
Group relationships: Gun
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Definition of Extractor
1. n. One who, or that which, extracts
2. n. A centrifugal drying machine.
Definition of Extractor
1. Noun. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture ¹
3. Noun. A part of a gun that removes a cartridge from the chamber ¹
4. Noun. (graph theory) a particular kind of bipartite graph ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extractor
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Extractor
1. One who, or that which, extracts; as: A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extractor
Literary usage of Extractor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1864)
"The extractor thinks that dots at the end of a paragraph sufficiently indicate a
... This is all I need say about the main point, from which the extractor ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"A Simple Fat extractor.—To those making fat determinations in milk by means of
solvents, the form of extractor represented in the accompanying cut will be ..."
3. The Bee-keepers' Guide: Or Manual of the Apiary by Albert John Cook (1882)
"By use of the extractor, at any time or season, the apiarist can secure nearly
if not ... The extractor also enables the apiarist to secure honey- extracted ..."
4. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, United States Naval Academy, Thomas Lee Johnson (1915)
"The extractor has a T-shaped cross-section and slides longitudinally in its slot
in the ... This longitudinal motion is given the extractor by means of its ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"The extractor g, Fig. 2876, consists of a notched disk or plate having a ...
The extractor ia connected to the cylinder a, and its motion transmitted to the ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1877)
"ONE of the newest and most useful instruments for draughtsmen, artists, and others
who use thumb-tacks, is a thumb-tack extractor, impressor, ..."
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