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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:

Dewar; Dewar flask

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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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