extractor

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹæktə/ Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) === Noun === extractor (plural extractors) Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others. A machine for clearing combs of honey. A device for rendering wax. (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture. A centrifugal drying machine. (in a gun) A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber. (graph theory) A particular kind of bipartite graph. (mathematics) A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed. ==== Derived terms ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French extracteur. === Noun === extractor n (plural extractori) extractor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Adjective === extractor (feminine extractora, masculine plural extractores, feminine plural extractoras) extracting === Noun === extractor m (plural extractores) extractor, extractor fan ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “extractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “extractor” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.