evaporator

English

Etymology

evaporate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt.ɚ/, [ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪɾ.ɚ]

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Noun

evaporator (plural evaporators)

1. A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
2. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant.

Derived terms

• evaporatory
• rotary evaporator

Translations

equipment used to evaporate

• Bulgarian: изпарител m (izparitel)
• Finnish: höyrystin, haihdutin
• Swedish: indunstare (sv)
• Tagalog: hisingawan

refrigerator part

• Bulgarian: изпарител m (izparitel)
• Finnish: höyrystin

Latin

Verb

ēvapōrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēvapōrō