concentrator
Americannoun
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a thing that concentrates something else.
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a blow-dryer attachment with a slitlike opening that concentrates the stream of hot air onto a narrow area.
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a factory or piece of equipment in which metal or ore is concentrated.
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Computers. a device that concentrates
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“If you’re on an oxygen concentrator or a hoyer lift, Edison has us delivering Goal Zero Yeti battery back up so you can plug in your medical device,” Nash explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
In Lezhi county, Liao, a farmer with two children whose husband is working in a faraway province, bought an oxygen concentrator online to help with her mother's breathing.
From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2022
In the meantime, the facility is undergoing an upgrade to its freeze concentrator and adding a new, more energy-efficient pasteurizer, both developed by the Vermont-based Rich Earth Institute.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
He says he ran through seven gas generators trying to keep his father’s oxygen concentrator running when the power grid went down.
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
I throw my portable O₂ concentrator into a small backpack and head for the door.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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