recuperator

[ri-koo-puh-rey-ter, -kyoo-]

re·cu·per·a·tor

[ri-koo-puh-rey-ter, -kyoo-]
noun
1.
a person or thing that recuperates.
2.
(in a recuperative furnace) a system of thin-walled ducts through which incoming air and exhausted gases pass separately so that the air is heated by the gases.

Origin:
1700–10; < Latin recuperātor regainer, equivalent to recuperā(re) to recover (see recuperate) + -tor -tor
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Recuperator has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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recuperator (rɪˈkuːpəˌreɪtə, -ˈkjuː-)
 
n
1.  a person that recuperates
2.  a device employing springs or pneumatic power to return a gun to the firing position after the recoil
3.  chemical engineering a system of flues that transfers heat from the hot gases leaving a furnace to the incoming air

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