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Webster 1913 Edition


cryophorus

cry-oph′o-rus

(krī̍-ŏf′ō̍-rŭs)
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κρύοσ
icy cold, frost +
φέρειν
to bear.]
(Chem.)
An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32° Fahr.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cryophorus

CRYOPHORUS

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Noun.
[Gr., frost, and to bear.] Frost-bearer; an instrument for showing the relation between evaporation at low temperatures and the production of cold.

Definition 2024


cryophorus

cryophorus

English

Noun

cryophorus (plural cryophoruses)

  1. (chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs connected by a tube and containing only a quantity of water and water vapour, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below zero.