Rectificator

Rec´ti`fi`ca`tor


n.1.(Chem.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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