Found 2 items, similar to Dewar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Dewar Dewar n 1: vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments [syn: Dewar flask] 2: Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923) [syn: Sir James Dewar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dewar Dewar \Dew"ar\ (d[=u]"[~e]r), Dewar vessel \Dew"ar ves`sel\, Dewar flask \Dew"ar flask\ [After Sir James Dewar, British physicist.] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape, Dewar bulb, Dewar tube, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]