Crossword clues for autoclave
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autoclave \Au"to*clave\, n. [F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L. clavis key.]
A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
--Knight.a device used for sterilizing objects by exposing them to steam at above atmospheric pressure (and thus at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water). It consists of a closed chamber able to withstand internal pressure, and a means of passing superheated steam into the chamber. Autoclaves are made in various sizes, and are much used in hospitals and research laboratories to render instruments and equipment sterile.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing. vb. (context transitive English) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an '''autoclave'''.
WordNet
n. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments [syn: sterilizer, steriliser]
v. subject to the action of an autoclave
Wikipedia
An autoclave is a pressure chamber used to carry out industrial processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure different from ambient air pressure. Autoclaves are used in medical applications to perform sterilization and in the chemical industry to cure coatings and vulcanize rubber and for hydrothermal synthesis. They are also used in industrial applications, specially regarding composites, see autoclave (industrial).
Many autoclaves are used to sterilize equipment and supplies by subjecting them to high pressure saturated steam at 121 °C (249 °F) for around 15–20 minutes depending on the size of the load and the contents. The autoclave was invented by Charles Chamberland in 1879, although a precursor known as the steam digester was created by Denis Papin in 1679. The name comes from Greek auto-, ultimately meaning self, and Latin clavis meaning key, thus a self-locking device.
Autoclave was an American alternative rock band, based in Washington, D.C. They were on local label Dischord Records. Formed in the summer of 1990, the group consisted of vocalist and bassist Christina Billotte, lead guitarist Mary Timony, guitarist Nikki Chapman, and drummer Melissa Berkoff.
The group broke up in May 1991, with Timony forming Helium and Billotte forming Slant 6. Timony later participated in several short-lived side-projects, and released solo albums on Lookout! and Matador, before forming Wild Flag in 2010 with ex-members of Sleater-Kinney.
Autoclave became known for their intelligent, off-kilter brand of rock, which featured the use of compound and changing meters, thus affiliating them to some extent with the " math rock" movement.
Autoclave is a posthumous compilation album by the alternative rock band Autoclave.
The CD-only release compiles their two Mira/Dischord EPs, (originally released as one 10" and one 7"), their song from the Simple Machines Records "Lever" compilation 7", plus the live favorite "Paper Boy" - a cover of the theme song from the video game of the same name.
It was first released by Dischord Records in 1997, and it later remastered at Silver Sonya Studios and reissued in 2002 by Dischord and Mira Records.
An autoclave is a pressure chamber used to sterilize equipment and supplies.
Autoclave may also refer to:
- Autoclave (industrial), utilized to process parts and materials under pressure, as in curing
- Waste autoclave, a form of solid waste treatment
- Autoclave (album), a 1991 indie rock album
- Autoclave (band), a short-lived indie rock band
- Autoclave cipher, a cipher which incorporates the message into the key
- "Autoclave", the fourth track on The Mountain Goats 2008 album, Heretic Pride
Industrial autoclaves are pressure vessels used to process parts and materials which require exposure to elevated pressure and temperature. The manufacture of high-performance components from advanced composites often requires autoclave processing.
Usage examples of "autoclave".
And a 1200-degree Celsius autoclave for incinerating contaminated equipment and rotting specimens.
The hall was filled with rusting antique apparatus: a centrifuge, an operating table, a wrecked fluoroscope, autoclaves, cases of corroded surgical instruments.
His truman helpers brought him a little pink stain out of the new autoclave.
Placing the scalpels in an autoclave to dry and sterilize, the man removed the gloves, washed his hands very carefully, then dried them on a linen towel.
They entered a windowless room in which there were two plastic chairs and a small autoclave unit that looked as though it had been dropped from a great height.
Lee opened the autoclave and took out a sheaf of papers held together in a torn binder.
Allen sighed, kicked his worn crepe heels against the autoclave for a moment.
Staff Nurse Cross, bless her, had everything ready, and she still had ten minutes in which to sort the special instruments which had been delivered to her office, get them into the autoclave, and scrub up.
The seats in a jet, the furniture in a hotel room, aren't autoclaved too often.
They bundled Kirk into the decompression chamber as though they were doing nothing more interesting than autoclaving a rack of test tubes.
As I've told you, now is a time for final mop-ups, for sterilization and autoclaving, for eliminating any evidence that might point to them.
Mihir wasn't the greatest actor, but the bicycle shop with its autoclaves and catalytic bonders was incredibly useful.
A nurse waited in the hall, and she briskly walked me past the surgery room, then walls of autoclaves that reminded me of steel diving bells, the air foul with the stench of scalded laboratory animals.
Matthews was conferring with a student who, I gathered as I heard them talk, was using cobalt instead of an autoclave to sterilize micropipettes used for in vitro fertilization.
He glanced around the room and found a small autoclave for sterilizing instruments.