regenerator

[ri-jen-uh-rey-ter]

re·gen·er·a·tor

[ri-jen-uh-rey-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that regenerates.
2.
(in a regenerative furnace) a chamber filled with checkerwork that is repeatedly heated by exhaust gases in order to heat air that is passed through it.

Origin:
1730–40; regenerate + -or2
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Regenerator has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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regenerate
 
vb
1.  to undergo or cause to undergo moral, spiritual, or physical renewal or invigoration
2.  to form or be formed again; come or bring into existence once again
3.  to replace (lost or damaged tissues or organs) by new growth, or to cause (such tissues) to be replaced
4.  chem to restore or be restored to an original physical or chemical state
5.  (tr) electronics (in a digital system) to reshape (distorted incoming pulses) for onward transmission
 
adj
6.  morally, spiritually, or physically renewed or reborn; restored or refreshed
 
re'generable
 
adj
 
re'generacy
 
n
 
re'generative
 
adj
 
re'generatively
 
adv
 
re'generator
 
n

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