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scrubber definition
scrub·ber (skrub′ər)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
scrubber Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: In the most widely used venturi scrubber, water is injected into the flue gas stream at the venturi throat to form droplets.
Adjective modifier
- wet: The absorber construction material is usually carbon steel making the process less expensive in capital costs compared with wet scrubbers.
Modifies a noun
- canister: Continue on and you are heading for the scrubber canister which is made out of a British army ammo cartridge container.
Noun used with modifier
- coke: The scrubber is fitted with substantial cast-iron doors. having machined faces, through which cleaning or charging of the coke scrubber may be effected.
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