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Vinony

extractor

noun

  1. Mechanical part of a firearm which extracts a cartridge from the chamber
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/ / /ɪkˈstɹæktə/

noun

  1. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
  2. Any of various mechanical devices that extract a component from others.
  3. An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture.
  4. A centrifugal drying machine.
  5. A part of the bolt that removes a cartridge from the chamber.
  6. A particular kind of bipartite graph.
  7. A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.