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
So did the refrigerator — and the oxygen concentrator that helps her mother-in-law breathe.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 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
Udd said that the investments from BHP would fund a new concentrator and leach processing facilities, new mining areas and projects to help reduce the company's carbon emissions.
From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2022
“Malibu,” she says, setting the oxygen concentrator next to her as we look out at the pond.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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