Precipitator

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Precipitator \Pre*cip"i*ta`tor\, n. [L. praecipitator an
     overthrower.]
     One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.
     --Hammond.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  precipitator
       n : removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic
           precipitation [syn: {Cottrell precipitator}]