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energizer|ˈɛnədʒaɪzə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er.]
a. He who or that which energizes.
(Used by Harris for: The agent of an action.)
1750Harris Hermes i. ix. (1786) 174 Every Energy is necessarily situate between two Substantives, an Energizer which is active, and a Subject which is passive. Ibid. 175 Brutus loved Portia. Here Brutus is the energizer; loved, the energy; and Portia, the subject. 1882W. B. Weeden Social Law Labor 28 He may be his..own energizer. 1959Daily Tel. 4 June 10/2 We do not want a sponsor of South Sea bubbles, but we do want an energiser of practical plans. 1961New Scientist 6 July 13/2 Of the 120 patients selected, half were given the ‘tranquillizer’ and half the ‘energizer’.
b. spec. A carbonate mixed with charcoal to increase carburizing speed.
1938D. K. Bullens Steel & its Heat Treatment (ed. 4) I. ii. x. 264 Energizers. The richness of the CO may be further enhanced by mixing barium or sodium carbonate with the C... These compounds are called ‘energizers’ because they produce a more energetic carburization. 1948J. E. Garside in H. W. Baker Mod. Workshop Technol. i. vii. 154 The materials consist essentially of a mixture of wood, bone, or leather charcoal, with compounds such as carbonates of barium, calcium, or sodium, which are termed ‘energizers’. |