dewar
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See also: Dewar
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after British physicist and chemist James Dewar, its inventor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈduː.ɚ/
- Homophone: doer
Noun
dewar (plural dewars)
- A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
Synonyms
- Dewar bulb
- Dewar flask
- Dewar tube
- Dewar vessel
- vacuum flask
- vacuum thermos
- vacuum thermos bottle
- vacuum thermos bulb
- vacuum thermos flask
- vacuum thermos vessel
Hypernyms
- thermos
- thermos bottle
- thermos bulb
- thermos flask
- thermos vessel
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