Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extractor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extractor \Ex*tract"or\, n.
1. A centrifugal drying machine.
2. (Apiculture) A machine for clearing combs of honey; also,
a device for rendering wax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extractor \Ex*tract"or\, n.
One who, or that which, extracts; as:
(a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting
substances.
(b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a
cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of
the barrel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extractor
n 1: an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components
2: an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate
particles from a suspension [syn: {centrifuge}, {separator}]
3: a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out
of the chamber and passes it to the ejector [syn: {cartridge
extractor}, {cartridge remover}]
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