"dewar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈduː.ɚ/ [General-American] Forms: dewars [plural]
Etymology: Named after British physicist and chemist James Dewar, its inventor. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist and chemist||||}} physicist and chemist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|James Dewar}} James Dewar, {{named-after|en|James Dewar|nat=British|occ=physicist and chemist|wplink=en:James Dewar}} Named after British physicist and chemist James Dewar Head templates: {{en-noun}} dewar (plural dewars)
  1. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment. Wikipedia link: en:Dewar flask Categories (topical): Containers Hypernyms: thermos, thermos bottle, thermos bulb, thermos flask, thermos vessel Translations (vacuum flask): 保温瓶 (bǎowēnpíng) (Chinese), 保温瓶 (bǎowēnpín) (Chinese Mandarin), Dewar-astia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dewar-en-noun-w2ccvaPO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Cryogenics Synonyms: Dewar bulb, Dewar flask, Dewar tube, Dewar vessel, vacuum flask, vacuum thermos, vacuum thermos bottle, vacuum thermos bulb, vacuum thermos flask, vacuum thermos vessel, Dewar

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