recuperator

[ ri-koo-puh-rey-ter, -kyoo- ]

/ rɪˈku pəˌreɪ tər, -ˈkyu- /

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noun

a person or thing that recuperates.

(in a recuperative furnace) a system of thin-walled ducts through which incoming air and exhausted gases pass separately so that the air is heated by the gases.

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Origin of recuperator

1700–10; <Latin recuperātor regainer, equivalent to recuperā(re) to recover (see recuperate) + -tor-tor

Words nearby recuperator

recumbent bicycle, recuperate, recuperation, recuperative, recuperative furnace, recuperator, recur, recurrence, recurrence risk, recurrent, recurrent aphthous ulcers

How to use recuperator in a sentence

Even with the delivery of the first recuperator, difficulties did not vanish.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
It is scarcely fair to a modern hydropneumatic recuperator to say that it must be finished with the precision of a watch.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
Next in order of time to be conquered as a factory problem was the 155-millimeter gun recuperator.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
The heavy 240-millimeter howitzer recuperator was third to come into quantity production.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell

That is precisely the equivalent of the feat performed by the recuperator of a 240-millimeter howitzer after a shot.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell

British Dictionary definitions for recuperator

recuperator

/ (rɪˈkuːpəˌreɪtə, -ˈkjuː-) /

noun

a person that recuperates

a device employing springs or pneumatic power to return a gun to the firing position after the recoil

chemical engineering a system of flues that transfers heat from the hot gases leaving a furnace to the incoming air

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