"extractor" meaning in English

See extractor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/ [General-American], /ɪkˈstɹæktə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-extractor.wav Forms: extractors [plural]
Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} extractor (plural extractors)
  1. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
    A machine for clearing combs of honey.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-tsZEdGiO
  2. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
    A device for rendering wax.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-MpqOvNt0
  3. (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-jSctFcgo Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. A centrifugal drying machine.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-sf36b9Jy
  5. (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-HenIxUOO
  6. (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-73S1fjmw Categories (other): Graph theory Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  7. 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.
    Sense id: en-extractor-en-noun-sfYFNOA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 16 5 4 4 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 4 2 1 1 15 25 13 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cryoextractor, extractor hood, honey extractor, hydroextractor, phytoextractor, Soxhlet extractor

Inflected forms

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