proportioner

noun

pro·​por·​tion·​er

-sh(ə)nə(r)

plural -s

: one that proportions : a device for securing proportions in a mixture

pumping liquid foam through a proportioner and smothering the fire in the gasoline hatch

—K. M. Dodson

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