Dewar's vessel

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• 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

• 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 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 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 flask — See also: Vacuum flask Dewar flask. (Deutsches Museum, Munich). A Dewar flask is a vessel designed to provide very good thermal insulation. For instance, when filled with a hot liquid, the vessel will not allow the heat to easily escape, and the… …   Wikipedia

• Dewar , Sir James — (1842–1923) British chemist and physicist Dewar, the son of a wine merchant, was born at Kincardine on Forth in Scotland. He was educated at Edinburgh University where he was a pupil of Lyon Playfair. In 1869 he was appointed lecturer in… …   Scientists

• dewar — noun 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. Syn …   Wiktionary

• dewar vessel — noun see dewar * * * a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos. Also called Dewar, Dewar… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos. Also called Dewar, Dewar flask. [1900 05; named… …   Universalium

• Dewar — noun 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. See Also: Dewar flask, Dewar vessel …   Wiktionary