electrostatic precipitator

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   removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation

   SynonymsprecipitatorCottrell precipitator

   Broaderelectrical device

Questions about electrostatic precipitator

What does electrostatic precipitator mean?

electrostatic precipitator means "removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation".

What is another word for electrostatic precipitator?

Close synonyms include precipitator, Cottrell precipitator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electrostatic precipitator a common word?

electrostatic precipitator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.