Dew|ar flask

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, 1842-1923, a Scottish chemist, who invented it]

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  • 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 vessel — 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

  • Dewar flask — 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

  • Dewar flask — noun vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments • Syn: ↑Dewar • Hypernyms: ↑vacuum flask, ↑vacuum bottle * * * noun see dewar * * * Dewar flask /dūˈər fläsk/ noun (sometimes without …   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

  • 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 so as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dewar bulb — 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

  • Dewar tube — 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

  • 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

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