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precleaner

precleaner noun: a device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.

Noun

precleaner (plural precleaners)

  1. A device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.
    • The mechanical-centrifugal dust units employed an involute scroll as a precleaner, the scroll deflecting the air through a 270° turn before admission to the separator.1956, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Information Circular, page 25
    • Depending on the design of the precleaner, the particulate removed from the airstream can either be discharged or collected in a dust bowl.2012, Sean Bennett, Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel & Computerized Management Systems, page 219

Forms of precleaner

pluralprecleaners

Questions about precleaner

What does precleaner mean?
Precleaner means a device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.
What part of speech is precleaner?
Precleaner is a noun.
What is the plural of precleaner?
The plural of precleaner is precleaners.

Words near precleaner in the dictionary

  1. preclassifies
  2. preclassify
  3. preclassifying
  4. preclean
  5. precleaned
  6. precleaner
  7. precleaners
  8. precleaning
  9. precleans
  10. preclear
  11. preclearance

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