English Explanatory Dictionary

regenerator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, regenerates.
  2. A type of heat exchanger where heat from the hot fluid is intermittently stored in a thermal storage medium before it is transferred to the cold fluid.

Word forms

regenerator regenerators

Etymology

From regenerate + -er.

Synonyms

recuperator

Derived words

superregenerator
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