different between dewar vs canister

English

Alternative forms

• Dewar

Etymology

From the name of inventor James Dewar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?du?.?/
• Homophone: doer

Noun

dewar (plural dewars)

1. A 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.

Synonyms

• Dewar bulb
• Dewar flask
• Dewar tube
• Dewar vessel
• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• thermos

Anagrams

• Warde, adrew, drawe, wader, wared

English

Etymology

From Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæn?st?/

Noun

canister (plural canisters)

1. A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
2. Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
3. A special short range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
4. A component of canister type protective mask containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
5. A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.

Descendants

• ? Irish: ceanastar

Translations

Verb

canister (third-person singular simple present canisters, present participle canistering, simple past and past participle canistered)

1. (transitive) To pack into a canister.

Anagrams

• Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, anticers, cisterna, creatins, nacrites, scantier, tercians