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desiccator|dɪˈsɪkətə(r), ˈdɛsɪkeɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. in L. form from dēsiccāre to desiccate.]
One who or that which desiccates or dries; a name given to a chemical apparatus used to dry substances which are decomposed by heat or by exposure to the air (= exsiccator); and, in later commercial use, to contrivances for the desiccation of fruit, milk, or other articles of food, also of tan-bark, etc.
1837R. B. Ede Pract. Chem. 173 Occasionally evaporations are performed with much benefit by aid of desiccators. 1883in Encycl. Dict. (Cassell). |