hydroclone

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noun

An industrial device that uses a conical vortex and centrifugal force to separate a solid-liquid mixture.

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Meanings

nounhydroclone (plural hydroclones)

plural hydroclones

  1. An industrial device that uses a conical vortex and centrifugal force to separate a solid-liquid mixture.

    The underflow from the hydroclones goes to a novel, countercurrent, solvent deasphalter.

    1979, Perry Nowacki, Coal liquefaction processes - Volume 131, page 157

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chlorodyne
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Chicago

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