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Definitions for separator
ˈsɛp əˌreɪ tərsep·a·ra·tor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. centrifuge, extractor, separatornoun

    an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

Wiktionary

  1. separatornoun

    An object located between two or more things and hence separates them.

  2. separatornoun

    A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.

  3. separatornoun

    An agent performing the action of separating.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Separatornoun

    One who divides; a divider.

    Etymology: from separate.

ChatGPT

  1. separator

    A separator is a tool or object used to divide or differentiate between different elements, sections, functions, or materials. This can include physical objects like dividers in drawers, digital elements such as lines between segments of text, or conceptual items like boundaries or markers. In different fields, the term 'separator' may have more specific meanings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Separatornoun

    one who, or that which, separates

  2. Separatornoun

    a device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it

  3. Separatornoun

    an apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue

  4. Separatornoun

    an instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc

  5. Etymology: [L.]

Wikidata

  1. Separator

    The term separator in oilfield terminology designates a pressure vessel used for separating well fluids produced from oil and gas wells into gaseous and liquid components. A separator for petroleum production is a large vessel designed to separate production fluids into their constituent components of oil, gas and water. A separating vessel may be referred to in the following ways: Oil and gas separator, Separator, Stage separator, Trap, Knockout vessel, Flash chamber, Expansion separator or expansion vessel, Scrubber, Filter. These separating vessels are normally used on a producing lease or platform near the wellhead, manifold, or tank battery to separate fluids produced from oil and gas wells into oil and gas or liquid and gas. An oil and gas separator generally includes the following essential components and features: 1. A vessel that includes primary separation device and/or section, secondary “gravity” settling section, mist extractor to remove small liquid particles from the gas, gas outlet, liquid settling section to remove gas or vapor from oil, oil outlet, and water outlet.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Separator

    India rubber bands or other forms used in batteries to keep the plates from touching in the cell; especially applied to secondary batteries, where the plates are so near together as to require separators to prevent short circuiting.

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  1. sea parrot

  2. sea-parrot

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of separator in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of separator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of separator in a Sentence

  1. Arthur Helps:

    Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

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