Definition of Cryophorus. Meaning of Cryophorus. Synonyms of Cryophorus

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Definition of Cryophorus

Cryophorus
Cryophorus Cry*oph"o*rus (kr[-i]*[o^]f"[-o]*r[u^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + fe`rein to bear.] (Chem.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32[deg] Fahr.

Meaning of Cryophorus from wikipedia

- point and it solidifies suddenly. Wollaston's cryophorus was a precursor to the modern heat pipe. The cryophorus was first described by William Hyde Wollaston...
- problem with many of that day's biconvex lenses. Wollaston also devised a cryophorus, "a gl**** container containing liquid water and water vapor. It is used...
- Reference Work article "Evaporation". Atmometer (evaporimeter) Boiling point Cryophorus Crystallisation Desalination Distillation Drying Eddy covariance flux...
- sealed chambers with volatile fluid inside just as in the drinking bird Cryophorus - a gl**** container with two bulbs containing liquid water and water vapor...
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