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DEWAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Dewar" is a kind of...):
vacuum bottle; vacuum flask (flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
Synonyms:
Dewar; Sir James Dewar
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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