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Cottrell precipitator

Cottrell precipitator

9.1
A machine that uses electricity to remove dust from factory smoke
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : precipitador Cottrell
  • A Cottrell precipitator relies on electrostatic forces to collect fine particulate matter from industrial exhaust.

Examples

  • Many power plants use a Cottrell precipitator to control air pollution from burning coal.

  • The installation of a Cottrell precipitator has significantly improved the factory's emission standards.

  • The Cottrell precipitator effectively reduces emissions.

  • Many factories use a Cottrell precipitator to clean exhaust.

  • A Cottrell precipitator relies on electrostatic forces to collect fine particulate matter from industrial exhaust.

  • Many power plants use a Cottrell precipitator to control air pollution from burning coal.

  • The installation of a Cottrell precipitator has significantly improved the factory's emission standards.

Synonyms

precipitator
vsCottrell precipitator
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A device that removes dust from smoke or gas using electric charge

is used especially in industrial processes rather than general contexts
electrostatic precipitator
vsCottrell precipitator
  • Specialized
7.7

A device that removes dust and small particles from gases using electric charges

is used particularly in industry rather than in small workshop settings
dust-collector
vsCottrell precipitator
  • Specialized
4.1

A machine that removes dust from the air in workshops and factories

is specific to treating gases and uses electric charging rather than simple filtration
baghouse
vsCottrell precipitator
  • Specialized
8.2

A large filter in factories that removes dust from the air using cloth bags

is based on electric precipitation rather than fabric filtration for particle removal

Surface Forms

Cottrell precipitator singular
Cottrell precipitators plural

Morphology

Cottrell + precipitator

This is a compositional name: 'precipitator' clearly denotes an electrostatic device for removing airborne particles, and 'Cottrell' functions as a proper-name modifier indicating a specific type or inventor-associated model. Even if the proper name is unfamiliar, a B1 learner who knows 'precipitator' can infer the device's function, and naming devices after people is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so the meaning is derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Cottrell precipitator is named after inventor Cottrell, who made a machine that used electric charges to pull tiny 'dust' from factory 'gases'. Think of invisible charges acting like a magnet that makes dust stick to metal plates — that's why the name means a machine that removes 'dust' from 'gases'.