evaporator

[ih-vap-uh-rey-ter]

e·vap·o·ra·tor

[ih-vap-uh-rey-ter]
noun
1.
a device in which evaporation takes place, as for thickening syrup.
2.
the part of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant absorbs heat and changes from a liquid to a gas.

Origin:
1820–30; evaporate + -or2

pre·e·vap·o·ra·tor, noun
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Evaporator has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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evaporate (ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt)
 
vb
1.  Compare boil to change or cause to change from a liquid or solid state to a vapour
2.  to lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization, leaving a more concentrated residue
3.  to disappear or cause to disappear; fade away or cause to fade away: all her doubts evaporated
4.  (tr) to deposit (a film, metal, etc) by vaporization of a liquid or solid and the subsequent condensation of its vapour
 
[C16: from Late Latin ēvapōrāre, from Latin vapor steam; see vapour]
 
e'vaporable
 
adj
 
evapora'bility
 
n
 
evapo'ration
 
n
 
e'vaporative
 
adj
 
e'vaporator
 
n

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