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perfector|pəˈfɛktə(r)|
In sense 2 also perfecter.
[a. L. perfector, agent-n. from perficĕre to accomplish, etc.: see perfect.]
1. One who perfects or completes; = perfecter.
1587Golding De Mornay vi. 81 The Soule..is..after a sort the perfection (or rather the perfector) of the body. 1836Lytton Athens (1837) II. 406 Men who form the first steps in the progress between the originator and the perfector. 1883B. W. Richardson Cycling an Intell. Pursuit, The perfectors of geographical research.
2. Printing. = perfecting machine, press s.v. perfecting vbl. n. b.
1899J. Southward Mod. Printing III. xii. 124 (caption) Dawsons' Patent Fast Gripper Perfecter. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 626/1 Perfector, a type of machine which prints both sides of the paper before delivery. 1951S. Jennett Making of Bks. vii. 101 These machines are in effect two presess combined in one, printing one side of the sheet first and the other side immediately afterwards. They are called perfecters. 1975Bookseller 6 Dec. 2590/3 Paper of 100 per cent recycled content can now be used for printing on offset litho perfectors. |