| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Seldom used, signifies an entity that elutriates, based on the verb elutriate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (elutriate) | 1. To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.[Websters]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: elutriating, elutriated, elutriates, elutriator, elutriators, elutriatingly and elutriatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"ELUTRIATOR" is a common misspelling or typo for: elutriators. |
Specialty Definition: ELUTRIATOR
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | An appliance for washing or sizing very fine particles, based on the principle that large grains settle at a faster rate through a liquid than small grains of the same material. The medium is commonly an upward current of water. See also: hydraulic classifier; Stokes' law. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ELUTRIATOR
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Air elutriator | Mining | An appliance for producing, by means of currents of air, a series of sized products from a finely crushed mineral (e.g., for the paint or abrasive industries). See also: air classification; air classifier. (references) | |
| Andrews' elutriator | Mining | A device for particle size analysis. It consists of (1) a feed vessel or tube, (2) a large hydraulic classifier, (3) an intermediate classifier, and (4) a graduated measuring vessel. (references) | |
| Blyth elutriator | Mining | Laboratory apparatus in which mineral particles suspended in water are siphoned through vertical tubes of increasing cross section, the fraction failing to rise under determined conditions of upward flow reporting as a subsieve fraction. (references) | |
| Schulze elutriator | Mining | The original type of water elutriator; it has since been improved. (references) | |
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