Dew|ar tube — Dew|ar flask, Dew|ar vessel, Dew|ar bulb, or Dew|ar tube «DOO uhr, DYOO », a glass vessel with double, silvered walls, from between which the air has been removed, used especially as a container for liquefied gases. ╂[< Sir James Dewar, 1842… … Useful english dictionary
Dew|ar bulb — Dew|ar flask, Dew|ar vessel, Dew|ar bulb, or Dew|ar tube «DOO uhr, DYOO », a glass vessel with double, silvered walls, from between which the air has been removed, used especially as a container for liquefied gases. ╂[< Sir James Dewar, 1842… … Useful english dictionary
Dew|ar flask — Dew|ar flask, Dew|ar vessel, Dew|ar bulb, or Dew|ar tube «DOO uhr, DYOO », a glass vessel with double, silvered walls, from between which the air has been removed, used especially as a container for liquefied gases. ╂[< Sir James Dewar, 1842… … Useful english dictionary
dew-point hygrometer — noun : a hygrometer for determining the dew point usually by measuring the temperature of a liquid being cooled in a highly polished silver vessel at the moment when drops of moisture condense on the outer wall of the vessel … Useful english dictionary
Dewar vessel — Dew′ar ves sel [[t]ˈdu ər, ˈdyu [/t]] n. chem. thr a kind of vacuum bottle used esp. to store liquefied gases Also called Dew′ar flask . Etymology: 1900–05; after James Dewar, (1842–1923), Scottish chemist and physicist, its inventor … From formal English to slang
Walter Dew — Detective Chief Inspector Walter Dew (17 April 1863 ndash; 16 December 1947) was a Metropolitan Police officer who was involved in the hunt for both Jack the Ripper and Dr Crippen.Early lifeDew was born at Far Cotton, in Hardingstone,… … Wikipedia
Dewar vessel — Dewar Dew ar (d[=u] [ e]r), Dewar vessel Dew ar ves sel, Dewar flask Dew ar flask [After Sir James Dewar, British physicist.] A double walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Air dryer — A compressed air dryer is a device for removing water vapor from compressed air. Compressed air dryers are commonly found in a wide range of industrial and commercial facilities. The process of air compression concentrates atmospheric… … Wikipedia
climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… … Universalium
Glossary of fuel cell terms — The Glossary of fuel cell terms lists the definitions of many terms used within the fuel cell industry. The terms in this glossary may be used by fuel cell industry associations, in education material and fuel cell codes and standards to name but … Wikipedia