单词 | desiccator |
释义 | desiccatorn. 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 n.); and, in later commercial use, to contrivances for the desiccation of fruit, milk, or other articles of food, also of tan-bark, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > that which desiccativec1400 dryer1528 desiccant1676 siccative1825 desiccator1837 1837 R. B. Ede Pract. Facts Chem. 173 Occasionally evaporations are performed with much benefit by aid of desiccators. 1883 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1837 |
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