noun 2.any of various apparatus for
separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, or wheat from chaff.
3.Electricity. a device that prevents metal contact between plates of opposite charge in a storage battery.
Origin: 1600–10; <
Late Latin sēparātor, equivalent to
Latin sēparā(
re) to
separate +
-tor -tor Related forms pre·sep·a·ra·tor, noun
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Preseparator
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