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noun
A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
Such a device to facilitate vaping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: vape
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
A medical device for administering medicine via inhalation. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
A device that heated viscous liquid motor fuel, especially tractor vaporising oil, to enable an engine to run on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: historical except museologically
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vaporiser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: device
History
Etymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporiz(e) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vaporizer From vaporiz(e) + -er.
Across languages
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