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
Reuters witnessed hospital personnel carefully carrying out newborns in what appeared to be incubators from one exit, including one connected to an oxygen concentrator.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
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
Our room was small: a double bed pressed against a wall with my BiPAP machine, an oxygen concentrator, and a dozen refillable oxygen tanks at the foot of the bed.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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