Sedimentator
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any device for separating sediments from liquids, such as a centrifuge.
"The sewage is pretreated mechanically before proceeding to a sedimentator with a sprinkling system and a sludge collection hopper connected to an aeration tank."
- 2 An organism that feeds on bacteria or small algae that are found in sediments.
"In addition, by analogy with shallow-water suspension-feeders of corresponding groups, filtering sponges and bivalve molluscs (Limopsidae and Mytilidae) and sedimentors such as serpulomorph polychaetes, Bryozoa and most likely crinoids can be included among triptonovores."
Example
More examples"The sewage is pretreated mechanically before proceeding to a sedimentator with a sprinkling system and a sludge collection hopper connected to an aeration tank."
Etymology
From sedimentat(ion) + -or.
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