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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

cryophorus

/(krī̇*ŏf"ō̇*rŭs)/ · cry·oph·o·rus · IPA
01 n. An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by …
  1. 1.
    An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32° Fahr.(Chem.)