Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Vacuum Flask |
Vacuum FlaskNoun1. Flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | A silvered glass flask with double walls, the space between them being evacuated. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The first vacuum flasks for commercial use were made in 1904 when a German company, Thermos GmbH was formed. "Thermos", their tradename for their flasks, remains a registered trademark.
See also Dewar flask.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vacuum flask."
Synonym: Vacuum FlaskSynonym: vacuum bottle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vacuum Flask |
| English words defined with "vacuum flask": Dewar, Dewar flask ♦ evacuate, exhaust ♦ thermos, thermos bottle, thermos flask ♦ vacuum bottle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vacuum flask": SAMPLE TESTER. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vacuum flask | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vacuum flask"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | termos (thermos). (various references) | |
Arabic | كظيمة لحفظ السوائل الساخنة, ترموس كظيمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | термос (thermos). (various references) | |
Czech | vysavaè (cleaner, Hoover, vacuum cleaner), termoska (flask, thermos). (various references) | |
Danish | vakuumflaske (dewar vessel), dewar beholder (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Dutch | dewar-vat (dewar vessel), dewar tank (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Finnish | lasidewari (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
French | vase dewar, thermos (vacuum bottle, vacuum lask), bouteille thermos (vacuum bottle, vacuum lask). (various references) | |
German | thermosflasche (flask, thermos, thermos flask, thermosbottle, thermosflask, vacuum bottle, vacuum lask), Dewar-Gefaess (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Greek | δοχείο Dewar (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תרמוס (thermos). (various references) | |
Hungarian | termosz (thermos, thermos bottle, vacuum bottle), hõpalack (thermos). (various references) | |
Italian | vaso dewar (dewar vessel), dewar (Dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "法" (thermos flask). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まほうび" (thermos flask). (various references) | |
Manx | boteil olmid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acuumvay askflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vaso de Dewar (Dewar vessel), garrafa térmica (Dewar flask, thermos, thermos bottle, thermos flask, vaccum flask, vacuum bottle, vacuum lask). (various references) | |
Russian | термос (thermos). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | termos (thermos). (various references) | |
Spanish | termo (cistern, Dewar flask, flask, therm, thermos, thermosbottle, thermosflask, vaccum flask, vacuum bottle), frasco Dewar (dewar vessel). (various references) | |
Swedish | termosflaska (dewar vessel, flask, Thermos). (various references) | |
Turkish | termos (thermos, thermos bottle, thermos flask, vacuum bottle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phích (vacuum bottle), bình tecmôt (vacuum bottle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-k-l-m-s-u-u-v" | |
-3 letters: vasculum. | |
-4 letters: calamus, famulus, faucals, maculas, sackful, vacuums, vascula. | |
-5 letters: amucks, casual, caulks, causal, clavus, facula, faucal, flacks, kalams, macula, ulamas, uvulas, vacuum. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 63 75 75 6D 46 6C 61 73 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01100011 01110101 01110101 01101101 00100000 01000110 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a c u u m   F l a s k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0063 0075 0075 006D 0046 006C 0061 0073 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56676987877924078678577 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
