Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for evaporating water into steam.
- noun A device, used in connection with gasolene-engines, to transform the liquid hydrocarbon into a gas or vapor by heat or by fine subdivision in a current of air.
- noun Any apparatus used to facilitate the evaporation of the water contained in fruit, vegetable juices, saline liquids, glue, syrups, etc.; a furnace or pan used in condensing vegetable and other juices.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
- noun Any device designed to evaporate a fluid.
- noun The portion of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant evaporates and thus absorbs heat.
- noun (Chem.) a device used in laboratories in which a liquid is evaporated by reducing the pressure and applying heat, while rotating the liquid in a vessel such as a round-bottomed flask. The reduced pressure speeds the evaporation process and allows the evaporation to be conducted at temperatures lower than would otgherwise be possible, thus reducing decomposition of unstable substances. The rotation also serves to increase the surface area from which evaporation takes place and to reduce the effect of "bumping", the sudden burst of vaporization that can scatter liquid exposed to reduced pressure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of
equipment used toevaporate thesolvent from asolution - noun The part of a
refrigerator that absorbsheat by evaporating arefrigerant
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Examples
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The Kold-Draft ice machine—which freezes clear, 1¼-inch square cubes by pumping water up into a refrigerated copper tray called an evaporator—has become the industry standard.
With Ice, Size Matters Kimberly Chou 2011
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When of this consistency the liquid is drawn from the bottom and less agitated portion of the defecator by a siphon, and thence carried to the evaporator, which is located upon the same framework and just below the defecator.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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In the hands of an in-kind supply group, however, it's pure gold -- a hugely useful medication if they can widely distribute it in Africa while it has remaining shelf life and, as an "evaporator" of overheads.
Richard Walden: On Charities: Is Microscopic Overhead a True Measure of Effectiveness? Richard Walden 2010
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Consequently, Hanford routinely sends the water-logged tank wastes through an "evaporator" that boils the water out of the wastes.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News BY JOHN STANG / SEATTLEPI.COM 2010
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They tried using an "evaporator" to avoid paying municipal discharge fees, but they couldn't control the odor.
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The company says its mobile evaporator will cut the volume of wastewater and fresh water needed by between 50 percent and 90 percent by recycling water directly at the well site.
GE Mobile Evaporator Will Recycle 'Fracking' Water From Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process AP 2010
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The company's mobile evaporator would allow natural gas producers to reuse some of the millions of gallons of water used to extract natural gas from dense shale deposits deep underground through the so-called "fracking" process.
GE Mobile Evaporator Will Recycle 'Fracking' Water From Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process AP 2010
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The company's mobile evaporator would allow natural gas producers to reuse some of the millions of gallons of water used to extract natural gas from dense shale deposits deep underground through the so-called "fracking" process.
GE Mobile Evaporator Will Recycle 'Fracking' Water From Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He explained that mini-split systems have the evaporator unit outside, and send cooled liquid indoors through a tube to condenser units installed in one or more rooms.
Businesses join to sell homeowners on the value of green remodeling Elizabeth Razzi 2010
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The company's mobile evaporator would allow natural gas producers to reuse some of the millions of gallons of water used to extract natural gas from dense shale deposits deep underground through the so-called "fracking" process.
GE Mobile Evaporator Will Recycle 'Fracking' Water From Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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