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splitter

[′splid·ər]
(chemical engineering)
A petroleum-refinery term for a fractionating tower that produces only an overhead and bottom stream.
(systematics)
A taxonomist who divides taxa very finely.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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