Associations to the word «Extractor»

EXTRACTOR, noun. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.

EXTRACTOR, noun. A machine for clearing combs of honey.

EXTRACTOR, noun. A device for rendering wax.

EXTRACTOR, noun. (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.

EXTRACTOR, noun. A centrifugal drying machine.

EXTRACTOR, noun. (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.

EXTRACTOR, noun. (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.

EXTRACTOR, noun. A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.

EXTRACTOR HOOD, noun. An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.

EXTRACTOR HOODS, noun. Plural of extractor hood

EXTRACTOR, noun. An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components.

EXTRACTOR, noun. An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.

EXTRACTOR, noun. A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector.