cryophorus

noun

cry·​oph·​o·​rus

krīˈäfərəs

plural -es

: an instrument that illustrates the freezing of water by its own evaporation

Word History

Etymology

cryo- + -phorus (as in electrophorus, pyrophorus)

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

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