[ 'dju:ə ]
■ noun a double-walled flask of metal or silvered glass with a vacuum between the walls, used to hold liquids at well below ambient temperature.
Origin
C19: named after the Scottish physicist Sir James Dewar .
[ 'dju:ə ]
■ noun a double-walled flask of metal or silvered glass with a vacuum between the walls, used to hold liquids at well below ambient temperature.
Origin
C19: named after the Scottish physicist Sir James Dewar .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004