Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism that causes fermentation.
- noun An apparatus that maintains optimal conditions for the growth of microorganisms, used in large-scale fermentation and in the commercial production of antibiotics and hormones.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an apparatus for carrying out
fermentation by a liquid suspension of microorganisms; a fermentation tank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any organism, such as a
yeast , that causesfermentation - noun A
fermentor
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Examples
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The bug can be grown on agar plates a kind of petri dish, in flasks or in a larger vessel known as a fermenter.
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Yes it's not absolutely out of the question, but people should understand that you can grow simple anthrax in a kind of fermenter -- the same thing that you -- someone once said, you know, like home brewed beer, fermenter that you'd buy at Home Depot - something like that.
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Large wineries can take advantage of this activity to increase the rate of color and tannin release from inside red grapes – this can reduce the residency time in the fermenter, which can increase production efficiency.
From the annals of wine marketing…enzymes! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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We sampled a couple of pints right out of Mike's totally swank 14 gallon stainless steel conical fermenter and pronounced the beer utterly delish.
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That being said they do nothing to speed up how long I leave my wines in the fermenter, or for that matter in the barrel; that is solely determined by flavors, especially the quality of the tannins that exist due to vintage, crop load, cultivar ….
From the annals of wine marketing…enzymes! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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These constraints may seem impractical, but as the fermenter of civil unrest it is you that is liable for any injuries or accidents suffered by your mob.
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Inspired by the “Vino da Meditazione” wines produced in the Friuli region of Northeast Italy, the fruit that went into this wine was hand-harvested, de-stemmed and fermented on their skins in an open top fermenter.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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The brewing process for the ale is the same, but just as the primary fermentation slows, the beer is transferred from the fermenter to a cask where it continues to ferment or condition.
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Today one can threaten a whole society with a flask carrying pathogens created in a fermenter in a hidden garage -- and without detectable signature.
Dorian de Wind: Will Bin Laden's "Dead Hand" Reach Out From Its Watery Grave? Dorian de Wind 2011
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Inspired by the “Vino da Meditazione” wines produced in the Friuli region of Northeast Italy, the fruit that went into this wine was hand-harvested, de-stemmed and fermented on their skins in an open top fermenter.
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