Definitions
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vacuum flask ; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
Etymologies
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Examples
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My eyes started focussing and I saw a note pasted to the faceplate of my dewar.
365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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If you are serious enough to try it makes sense to rent a dewar to transport and store the LN2.
Food and Drink 2010
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If you are serious enough to try it makes sense to rent a dewar to transport and store the LN2.
tingilinde: 2010
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My eyes started focussing and I saw a note pasted to the faceplate of my dewar.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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They run best cold, around -100 degrees centigrade, and since a coolant failure would ruin them, each of the six columns of CCDs has its own dewar, a sort of thermos bottle, of coolant.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Report Abuse kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight thank you dewar & harris avr says:
‘Further questioning’ - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2010
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They run best cold, around -100 degrees centigrade, and since a coolant failure would ruin them, each of the six columns of CCDs has its own dewar, a sort of thermos bottle, of coolant.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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They run best cold, around -100 degrees centigrade, and since a coolant failure would ruin them, each of the six columns of CCDs has its own dewar, a sort of thermos bottle, of coolant.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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They run best cold, around -100 degrees centigrade, and since a coolant failure would ruin them, each of the six columns of CCDs has its own dewar, a sort of thermos bottle, of coolant.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The NICMOS cooling system upgrade was intended to provide a longer life than the previous dewar cooling system.
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