circulator
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrkjʊˌleɪtər/
- Specialized
:
circulador
- The larger villages and cities have a local circulator (blue).
- an immersion circulator
- an air circulator
- a water circulator
Examples
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So when the heat and circulator came on, it kind of sucked the fog out.
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The People Mover is a circulator within the downtown.
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In order to service the circulator on this boiler, you would have to remove the boiler's jacket and separate the first two sections.
Fiction book (2000) -
Silence, broken only by the hum of the air circulators, greeted him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Circulation in the box was made by introducing water into a circulator containing small holes at the bottom, from which fine jets of water emerged in an upward motion.
Academic text (1999) -
The circulator kept the room comfortable by ensuring the warm air flowed evenly throughout.
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An immersion circulator is essential for sous vide cooking, as it maintains the water temperature precisely.
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During the summer, the circulator in my office helps to move the cool air around, preventing any hot spots.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
circulator = circulate (transparent) = circul + or
Formed from the verb 'circulate' + agentive suffix '-or', directly meaning an agent or device that causes circulation.
Etymology
Circulator comes from the root circ- meaning 'around', the same root as circle and circulate. A circulator moves something in a loop or keeps it flowing, so the origin shows its job of moving things around.