α. 1800s– saturator.
β. 1800s saturater.
单词 | saturator |
释义 | saturatorn.α. 1800s– saturator. β. 1800s saturater. Any of various devices used to saturate one substance or body with another substance; esp. (in early use): (a) a device used for saturating air with water vapour; a humidifier (now rare); (b) a device for saturating oxygen with ether for use in an ether-oxygen limelight (now historical). ΚΠ 1840 D. L. Child Culture of Beet ii. §19. 109 Mr. Bouchet de Saint Arnoult, a manufacturer near Paris, has invented a machine which he calls the Saturator. It exposes the beet cut in slices, to the action of a powerful steam. 1882 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 114 317 The saturater has a cotton filling which absorbs the ether, so that none will spill into the tube if it is upset. 1889 W. N. Shaw in Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 14 37 A saturater (A) for supplying saturated air at the temperature of the room. 1985 H. I. Robinson in A. Bowen et al. Passive & Low Energy Ecotechniques 110 In winter, air would be humidified in a saturator. 1998 Film Hist. 10 72/2 If the saturator began to run low, the brightness of the projection beam would start to ebb. 2006 D. Hendricks Water Treatm. Unit Processes viii. 244/2 Headloss through the saturator is, most probably, not a factor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840 |
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