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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One who or that which desiccates or dries. Specifically
  2. n. Same as exsiccator.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One who, or that which, desiccates.
  2. n. A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or calcium chloride, above which is supported on a perforated platform the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.
  3. n. A machine or apparatus for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.

Examples

  • “On my first day, Professor Hirata brought out a large vacuum desiccator and said, "This contains dried Cypridina.”

    Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography

  • “Two big air conditioners and a desiccator run constantly to keep it at 50 degrees F, and 30% Rh.”

    Archive 2008-03-01

  • “This is how I learned to do it way back when: First, you dry the empty bottle to a constant weight, then you add the substance to be weighed in it and place the bottle in a desiccator until its weight stops changing.”

    A chemistry set for tiny chemists

  • “The bottle is capped with its tight-fitting stopper when it is outside the desiccator so that moisture won't get inside.”

    A chemistry set for tiny chemists

  • “It was, however, found impossible to obtain any crystallisation from the neutralised (BaCO_ {3}) and concentrated solution, the syrup being kept for some weeks in a desiccator.”

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900

  • “It was then warmed on a water-oven, kept in a vacuum desiccator over solid paraffin, and the weight estimated.”

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900

  • “I have kept one very conveniently in a vacuum desiccator over phosphorus pentoxide, but if of any size, the condenser deserves a box to itself, and this must be air-tight and provided with a drying reagent, so arranged that it can be removed through a manhole of some sort.”

    On Laboratory Arts

  • “When very accurate dry matter determinations are desired, the substance is dried in a vacuum oven, or in a desiccator over sulphuric acid, or in an atmosphere of some non-oxidizing gas, as hydrogen.”

    Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value

  • “After cooling in a desiccator, it is weighed again.”

    Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891

  • “_ -- The platinum bowl is washed with nitric acid and distilled water, dried by heat, and then left to cool in a desiccator.”

    Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891

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