Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
oxidator .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An oxidizer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any device that releases
oxygen (orair ) intowater , especially one in anaquarium
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Examples
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The hum of the oxygenator was loud in the sudden quiet.
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The oxygenator hummed as the room fell quiet once more.
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When Congress passed the law that fuels had to have an oxygenator, they would not include a liability exemption to protect the MTBE producers from liability for groundwater contamination.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Non-Ethanol Gas in the DC Area: 2009
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Lucky didn't get the oxygenator she wanted because I forgot to buy her anything until the last minute and then couldn't find one, but I figure that doesn't matter because she doesn't really need it and because, hey, it's the thought that counts.
Christmas Update 2007
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Lucky didn't get the oxygenator she wanted because I forgot to buy her anything until the last minute and then couldn't find one, but I figure that doesn't matter because she doesn't really need it and because, hey, it's the thought that counts.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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There was, at one time a growing market for ethanol, until the oil boys decided to make methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) the oxygenator of choice, by law.
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California has done this before, Tollstrup said, pointing to the rule that all gasoline sold in the state must contain an oxygenator -- a requirement that led refiners to add MTBE, and later ethanol to fuel blends.
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But the doctors explained that they receive only a dozen oxygen tanks every three months for the entire DRC; it would best if we could get the oxygenator machine running soon.
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Forty-five minutes later, two Indian doctors arrived with supplies — not only a tank of oxygen, but also an oxygenator machine.
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But the doctors explained that they receive only a dozen oxygen tanks every three months for the entire DRC; it would best if we could get the oxygenator machine running soon.
Mountain Gorillas: Discovery Channel: The Newest Orphan 2007
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