| 单词 |
cryophorus |
| 释义 |
‖ cryophorus|kraɪˈɒfərəs| [mod.L. in form, f. Gr. κρύο-ς frost + -ϕορος -bearing, -bearer.] An instrument for illustrating the freezing of water by evaporation; that invented by Wollaston consists of a glass tube with a bulb at each end.
1826Henry Epit. Chem. I. 134 The instrument invented by Dr. Wollaston, and termed by him the Cryophorus or Frost-bearer. 1863Tyndall Heat v. §187 (1870) 151. Hence cryoˈphoric a., having the nature or function of a cryophorus.
1881Herschel in Nature XXIII. 384 The cryophoric apparatus needed. |

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