regenerator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that regenerates.
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(in a regenerative furnace) a chamber filled with checkerwork that is repeatedly heated by exhaust gases in order to heat air that is passed through it.
Etymology
Origin of regenerator
First recorded in 1730–40; regenerate + -or 2
Example Sentences
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I mean, even on Star Trek a dermal regenerator could only do so much.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
That solution is pumped to a regenerator, or stripper, which heats the amine and releases the CO2.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2017
A regenerator made of crimped steel wire between the hot & cold spaces keeps heat from being wasted by the moving air.
From Time Magazine Archive
The exhaled air is therefore led down a pipe to the regenerator, where it comes into contact with several trays of caustic soda, a chemical which has a great affinity for carbonic acid.
From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.
The trade with Asia was not forgotten under that illustrious regenerator of the Muscovite nation, who bent all the force of his genius upon the affairs of the East.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
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