cryophorus
Meanings
noun
- 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
Etymology
Fron cryo- + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).
Synonyms
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