recuperator

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

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.

Origin of recuperator

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

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Examples from the Web for recuperator

Historical Examples of recuperator

Even with the delivery of the first recuperator, difficulties did not vanish.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell
It was in the making of the recuperator systems that the greatest problems were presented.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell
Carriage and recuperator, or recoil mechanism, together are known as the mount.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell
The praetor delegated his power to three classes of judges, called respectively judex, arbiter, and recuperator.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III
John Lord
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

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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