Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which recuperates or recovers.
  • noun That part of the Ponsard furnace which answers the same purpose as the regenerator of the Siemens regeneration furnace. See regenerator.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Steel Manuf.) Same as regenerator.

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  • noun A regenerator (heating device).

Etymologies

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Compare Latin recuperator a recoverer.

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Examples

  • The recuperator is our single biggest cost item in the package, whether it is a 30, a 60, or a

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • To this end, a recuperator is fitted at the top or on the side of the rotary kiln.

    2. Energy efficiency in the production of high-energy content building materials 1995

  • The recoil brake, together with the spring recuperator, follows the usual Krupp practice in connection with ordinary field pieces, as does also the automatic breech-closing and firing mechanism.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • To-day it is a suburb, a lung, of London; the rapid recuperator of Londoners with whom the pace has been too severe; the Mecca of day-excursionists, the steady friend of invalids and half-pay officers.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • Above the breach is an air recuperator and a piston, while there is no hydraulic brake such as is generally used.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • For anyone who is tired of life, the thrilling life of a spy should be the very finest recuperator!

    My Adventures as a Spy Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899

  • It is a great refreshener, recuperator, life-giver, health promoter.

    Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • One may indeed be a becoming, a whatever, as she asks herself questions about how to strike out from where she stands and lets herself feel doubts about both the ground she stands on and the weapons she has picked up; while the other may indeed be a recuperator, satisfied with activism as a reproducible practice, eager for the paths of promotion laid out within it.

    Sketchy Thoughts 2010

  • The ships will cruise at 17 knots using all-electric propulsion, powered by 2 WR-21 advanced cycle gas turbine engines with intercooler and exhaust recuperator (ICR) heat exchangers.

    Defense Industry Daily Joe Katzman 2010

  • "In particular the CPS stand-alone recuperator and combustion designs are of interest to Capstone as we look to provide lower cost, smaller footprint, low emission solutions in the hybrid electrical vehicle markets," added Gilbreth.

    News 2010

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  • Some of us are still waiting for answers from the Ponsard furnace.

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