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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She spent three weeks in intensive care last year, and now back at home in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, she needs an oxygen concentrator to help her breathe.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
“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
“The parabola is the perfect concentrator of all energy to a single focal point,” said Eversley, now 81, who remembers being the only African American in the school of engineering at Carnegie Mellon.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 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
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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