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Ablator vs Ablate - What's the difference?

ablator | ablate |

Ablator is a derived term of ablate.


As a noun ablator

is a material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades .

As a verb ablate is

to remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization .

ablator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.

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    ablate

    English

    Verb

    (ablat)
  • To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
  • To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

    • Derived terms

    * ablator

    Related terms

    * ablation * ablative

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