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Atomizer   /ˈætəmˌaɪzər/   Listen
Atomizer

noun
1.
A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.  Synonyms: atomiser, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer.






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"Atomizer" Quotes from Famous Books



... for stretching one's self out without undressing. The engines employed on the Tiflis & Baku Railway are without coal-tenders. They burn the residue of petroleum, which is fed to the flames in the form of spray by an atomizer. A small tank above the furnace holds the liquid, and a pipe feeds it automatically to the fire-box. The result of this excellent arrangement is spontaneous conversion into flame, a uniformly hot fire, ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens

... out at the irrigating ditch along which the machine was moving slowly. "Boss," he said, "go ahead if it'll ease you up any, but you might as well try to fight a hydrophobia skunk with a perfume atomizer as to try them ...
— Still Jim • Honore Willsie Morrow

... be merely courses for his tank ships to bustle on and leave a greasy trail. Really, contrary to my own experience and sudden cure, one might think that such an oleaginous stream of talk, if directed in atomizer fashion against the nostrils of the listener, would serve as a healing emulsion for the complaint I then ...
— Journeys to Bagdad • Charles S. Brooks

... stood by the back of the truck. Chief Grindstaff placed a device like an atomizer under Whedbee's ...
— Stopover Planet • Robert E. Gilbert

... everything else. It is equally absurd that a liquid from a bottle, no matter how much advertised, can effectually disinfect a room, either by a gentle sprinkling of the liquid on the walls and floor or by a more thorough spraying of the air with an atomizer ...
— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden



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