"exchanger" meaning in English

See exchanger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: exchangers [plural]
Etymology: From exchange + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|exchange|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From exchange + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} exchanger (plural exchangers)
  1. A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
    Sense id: en-exchanger-en-noun--Phg-Bmw
  2. A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
    (biochemistry) An antiporter.
    Sense id: en-exchanger-en-noun-pij8qZJd Categories (other): Biochemistry, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heat exchanger, nonexchanger

Inflected forms

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