Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner; specifically, a purificator.
- n. In milling, an apparatus for separating branscales and flour from grits or middlings.
- n. In the manufacture of coal-gas, the tank or chamber in which the gas is exposed to the action of slaked lime, or to a mixture of this with the oxyhydroxid of iron, in order to remove objectionable constituents, especially carbon dioxid and sulphureted hydrogen.
- n. A device for cleansing water from injurious or undesirable impurities.
Wiktionary
- n. A person or device that purifies (by removing impurities)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an apparatus for removing impurities
Examples
“I just take my purifier from the hunting closet and use it in my home to have a healthier living space for my family.”
“Usually my water purifier is on, but about 5% of the time the ozone light has failed and I've only had my water go through the rather inefficient filter.”
“A purifier is a cool thing to have, but it only works if you have fairly clean water to start with.”
“From the gasholder the gas passes through the pipe _J_, with cock _e_, to the purifier, which is charged with frankoline, puratylene, or other purifying material, whence it passes to the pipe _N_ leading to the place of combustion.”
“From the gasholder the gas passes through a purifier, which is ordinarily charged with "Klenzal," and a baffle-box for abstraction of dust, to the service-pipe.”
“La Croix of the machine which has since been called the purifier, which removed the dirt and light impurities from the refuse middlings in the same manner that dust and chaff are removed from wheat by a fanning mill.”
“The water is brought from the pump and discharged into the lower side of the heater well forward, and passes around the heating tubes to the end, when it is discharged into a pipe that carries it forward, either direct to the check or into the purifier, which is located between the frames under the boiler, and consists of a chamber in which are arranged a live steam coil and a filter above the coil.”
“(Charlene says, “We were looking into getting her the right kind of purifier and were talking it through with one of the nurses when Annette de la Renta rushed out and bought one.”)”
“4 Comparison with the Ganges is implied, that river being called the purifier of the world.”
“Natural healers revere this herb as nature’s best blood purifier, that is, they believe that it rids the body of dangerous toxins.”
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