separator
An object located between two or more things and hence separating themAn object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
» Would you please place a separator bar between your purchases and mine?
Würden Sie bitte einen Warentrennstab zwischen Ihre und meine Waren legen?!
Meaning
3 sensesAn object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
Abscheider
One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating.
- an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
Examples
2 sentencesWould you please place a separator bar between your purchases and mine?
deWürden Sie bitte einen Warentrennstab zwischen Ihre und meine Waren legen?! — BraveSentry
NASA officials concluded the debris was likely a plastic separator, or shim, from the shuttle's ceramic tile heat shield.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.Borrowed from Latin sēparātor.
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Forms
plural: separators| Singular | separator |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension:centrifugeextractor