eductor

[ih-duhk-ter]

noun

1. ejector.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eductor¹

1785–95; < Late Latin: one who leads forth from. See educe, -tor

Example Sentences

If nevertheless this theory should ever become established, a stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether; which stimulus may consist of sensation or volition, as in the electric eel, as well as in the appulses of external bodies; and by drawing off the charges of vital fluid may occasion the contraction or motions of the muscular fibres, and organs of sense.

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