| 单词 | frost-bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrost-bearer frost-bearer n. Physics (now historical and rare) an instrument for demonstrating the freezing of water by evaporation; = cryophorus n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > cooling agent or appliance > [noun] > device for illustrating freezing of water cryophorus1813 frost-bearer1813 1813 W. H. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 103 74 The instrument..may aptly be called a Cryophorus, which correctly expresses its office of frost-bearer. 1859 D. A. Wells Princ. & Applic. Chem. (ed. 5) ii. 104 The..frost-bearer, strikingly illustrates the production of cold by evaporation. 2008 Jrnl. Chem. Educ. 85 561/1 William H. Wollaston..first described in 1813 the experiments of a Mr. Leslie using a cryophorus or ‘frost-bearer’. < as lemmas |
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