cryophorus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. Typically, it consists of two glass bulbs connected by a tube and containing only a quantity of water and water vapour, devoid of air. When one bulb is subjected to freezing temperature, the other freezes.

Word forms

cryophorus cryophoruses

Etymology

Fron cryo- + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Synonyms

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