precipitator

What triggers events

A precipitator is a device that causes particles to separate from a gas or liquid.

Most commonly, an electrostatic precipitator uses electrical charges to remove dust, smoke, or other fine particles from industrial exhaust: The factory installed precipitators to reduce emissions.

The word can also mean anyone or anything that precipitates—that is, causes something to happen suddenly.

electrostatic

ESP

Paranormal mental faculty

scrubber · smokestacks · boilers · incinerators · desulfurization

meteorology

raindrops

Individual bits of precipitation

nuclei · seeding · moisture · hail · sleet · drizzle · dew · mist · atmospheric · rainfall

chemistry

reagent

Substance prompting chemical change

coagulation · gravimetry · supersaturation · solubility · titration · analyte · centrifugation · filtrate · stoichiometry · chelation

Categories
Opposites
timing/causation of events

precipitatordelayer

One who postpones action

postponer · procrastinator · preventer · inhibitor · hinderer

PARTICLE/SUBSTANCE HANDLING (technical)

precipitatordisperser

That which scatters

emitter · atomizer · nebulizer · sprayer · diffuser

Phrases
Family

precipitate, precipitation, precipitated, precipitately, precipitating, precipitations, precipitates, precipitators

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