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Apparatus

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Narrower term 20

Aerator 76% connected

That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.

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Burner 76% connected

One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

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Condenser 76% connected

One who, or that which, condenses.

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Copier 76% connected

One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

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Defecator 76% connected

That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups.

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Disinfector 76% connected

One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

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Electrograph 76% connected

A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

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Extractor 76% connected

One who, or that which, extracts

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Generator 76% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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Heliograph 76% connected

A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

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Incubator 76% connected

That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

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Lighting 76% connected

of Light

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Pendulum 76% connected

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the move…

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Purifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.

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Reformer 76% connected

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

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Semaphore 76% connected

A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.

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Separator 76% connected

One who, or that which, separates.

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Still 76% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Telegraph 76% connected

An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible sig…

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Telegraphy 76% connected

The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

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Equipment 76% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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