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Aspirator   Listen
noun
Aspirator  n.  
1.
(Chem.) An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
2.
(Med.) An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.





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"Aspirator" Quotes from Famous Books



... diameter. The crucible is then supported at the bottom of an extra wide-mouthed bottle of about 600 c.c. capacity. Air, which has been dried by bubbling through strong sulphuric acid, is now drawn over the surface of the sample for three hours by means of an ordinary aspirator. The air should pass approximately at the rate of 10 c.c. per second. The tube by which the dry air enters the bottle extends to within 1 inch of the crucible containing the dynamite. An empty safety bottle is connected with the inlet, and another with the outlet ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford


Words linked to "Aspirator" :   aspirate, pump


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