noun
- Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments.
- synonyms: Dewar flask
- Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923. ).
- synonyms: Sir James Dewar
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