regenerator

noun

re·​gen·​er·​a·​tor ri-ˈje-nə-ˌrā-tər How to pronounce regenerator (audio)
1
: one that regenerates
2
: a device used especially with hot-air engines or gas furnaces in which incoming air or gas is heated by contact with masses (as of brick) previously heated by outgoing hot air or gas

Examples of regenerator in a Sentence

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Working in concert with progesterone and testosterone, estrogen influences nearly every cell, organ, and system in some way, acting as an anti-inflammatory, an antioxidant, a lubricant, a regenerator, and a regulator. Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025 This was a big deal but still not quite good enough for Verizon, which, like other long-haul carriers, wants signals to be able to travel 1,000 to 1,500 km along the cables in its workhorse backbone system before requiring an expensive regenerator. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016 One year after publishing our seven-part series, Monitor reporters Sara Miller Llana and Stephanie Hanes follow up with the activists and adapters, challengers and innovators, regenerators and conservationists of The Climate Generation. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 First, the regenerator’s electric field activates, and its PST heats up, as electrocalorical materials do. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023 Way back in our evolutionary past, the common ancestors of people and salamanders could have been regenerators, since at least one distant relative of modern-day salamanders could do it. Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020 Invaders and regenerators Indigenous to the eastern United States, the eastern gray squirrel was eradicated from New York City sometime before the 1840s, and was later reintroduced to American cities in the mid-19th century. Kaitlyn Schwalje, National Geographic, 20 June 2019 The animals are crucial players in their environments, both as food for predators and regenerators of their home forests. Christine Dell'amore, National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2019 If only the media had a roast chicken collusion regenerator. Fox News, 20 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of regenerator was in 1538

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“Regenerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regenerator. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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