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extractor

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, extracts

A forceps or instrument for extracting substances.

A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A spring extractor is installed inside the bolt head and holds the case securely until it strikes the ejector arm and is thrown out of the ejection port to the right of the receiver. Source: Internet

Apple’s noise cancelling is easily as good as the best in the business, handling road noise, drone, fans, the sounds of roaring boiler or extractor fan just as well as Bose, B&W or Sony. Source: Internet

An extractor is fitted, operated by a rod projecting from the front of the cylinder assembly. Source: Internet

A view of the break-action of a typical side-by-side double-barreled shotgun, with the Anson & Deeley boxlock action open and the extractor visible. Source: Internet

An objective guided us towards a large, mechanical extractor which was kicking a cloud of toxic smoke up into the atmosphere. Source: Internet

An equivalent way to view an extractor is as a bivariate function : in the natural way. Source: Internet

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