different between ablator vs ablate

English

Etymology

ablate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æ?ble?d.?/, /æ?ble?d.?/

Noun

ablator (plural ablators)

1. A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades. [Mid 20^th century.]

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Baratol, abortal

Latin

Etymology

From abl?tus, perfect passive participle of aufer? (“carry off, take away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab?la?.tor/, [äb???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab?la.tor/, [?b?l??t??r]

Noun

abl?tor m (genitive abl?t?ris); third declension

1. One who takes away.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• abl?ti?
• abl?t?vus
• abl?tus
• aufer?

Descendants

• English: ablator
• Portuguese: ablator

References

• ablator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ablator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

Derived from Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablatum, past participle of auferre (“to remove”); ab- (“away”) +? ferre (“to carry”). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??ble?t/

Verb

ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)

1. (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15^th century.]
2. (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20^th century.]

Derived terms

• ablator

Related terms

• ablation
• ablative

References

Anagrams

• Labate, tabela, tablea

French

Verb

ablate

1. first-person singular present indicative of ablater
2. third-person singular present indicative of ablater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ablater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ablater
5. second-person singular imperative of ablater

Anagrams

• établa

Latin

Participle

abl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of abl?tus