Dewar, Sir James Dewar
(noun) Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
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Dewar
A surname.
Dewar (plural Dewars)
A glass or metal double-walled flask for holding a liquid without much loss or gain of heat; a vacuum bottle or thermos. Generally used for scientific purposes and in particular for cryogenic work.
• adrew, drawe, wader, wared
From the name of inventor James Dewar.
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.
• Dewar bulb
• Dewar flask
• Dewar tube
• Dewar vessel
• vacuum flask
• adrew, drawe, wader, wared
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23 December 2024
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