oxidator

English

Etymology

From oxidate +‎ -or.

Noun

oxidator (plural oxidators)

1. (obsolete) An oxidizer.
2. (obsolete) A device for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp.

Synonyms

• (device used with Argand lamp): oxygenator

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “oxidator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)