(modal) In practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status.

By right; in accordance with or as deemed by the statute of the law; legally. Particularly as opposed to actual practice in reality.

excessive or superfluous

A reduction in emphasis. / (telecommunications) A signal distortion, carried out at a receiver, in order to undo the effects of pre-emphasis at the transmitter.

to separate an emulsion into its constituent parts.

Alternative form of demulsifier

A surname from Dutch or Afrikaans.

A surname from Dutch

A device which removes dead grass clippings from a lawn, often a lawnmower attachment. Frequently inaccurately called a thatcher.

To remove muck or dirt from.