Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which liquefies.
- noun Specifically An apparatus for the liquefaction of gases, especially of air. See
Hampson's liquid-air apparatus , andliquefaction , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which liquefies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to
liquify gases (by cooling and compression)
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Examples
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This hormone functions as a liquefier of fats and serves to soothe pain.
Yehudith Birk. 2009
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The motor has since been replaced by a more powerful one; but the compressor and liquefier have given no trouble, and still work as satisfactorily as when first purchased.
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The air-liquefier furnished a supply of liquid air; the gas escaping from the liquefier consisted largely of nitrogen; this mixture was liquefied under pressure in a bulb cooled by the liquid air boiling under reduced pressure.
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Two pressure-gauges, one of them fixed on the freezer and the other on the liquefier, permit of regulating the running of the machine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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The vacuum in the freezer is 0 to ½ atmosphere, and the pressure in the liquefier is 3 to 4 atmospheres.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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Above the cylinder there are two delivery valves which give access to the chamber, D, communicating with the worm of the liquefier (Fig. 7) through the pipe, J.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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A Liebig's extract of a different kind, the broth in which the liquefier puddles, is of a virulence equal, if not superior, to that of my products.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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They are hollow and in this resemble those of the Ant-lion, which sucks and drains its capture without having to divide it; but there is this great difference, that the Ant-lion leaves copious remnants, which are afterwards flung outside the funnel-shaped trap dug in the sand, whereas the Glow-worm, that expert liquefier, leaves nothing, or next to nothing.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The liquefier of meat has its own brand; the liquefier of the bolete has another sort.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Unfortunately, Cheniere had to face the tough challenge to restructure its business from a natural gas importer to a liquefier, importer and exporter.
unknown title 2012
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