Rectificator

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

  Rectificator \Rec"ti*fi*ca`tor\ (r?k"t?*f?*k?`t?r), n. (Chem.)
     That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling
     apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated
     from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and
     condensation; a rectifier.
     [1913 Webster]