separator

separator
/sep"euh ray'teuhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that separates.
2. any of various apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, or wheat from chaff.
3. Elect. a device that prevents metal contact between plates of opposite charge in a storage battery.
4. Mach. retainer1 (def. 3).
[1600-10; < LL separator, equiv. to L separa(re) to SEPARATE + -tor -TOR]

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