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Webster 1913 Edition
Regenerator
Re-gen′er-aˊtor
(-?ˊt?r)
, Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, regenerates.
2.
(Mech.)
A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
Definition 2024
regenerator
regenerator
English
Noun
regenerator (plural regenerators)
- One who, or that which, regenerates.
- (engineering) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
Synonyms
- (heating device): recuperator
Latin
Verb
regenerātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of regenerō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of regenerō
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “regenerator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- regenerator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016