Definition of Thickeners

1. Noun. (plural of thickener) ¹

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Definition of Thickeners

1. thickener [n] - See also: thickener

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thickeners

thick of things
thick skin
thick small bowel folds
thick space
thick spaces
thick wind
thickbill
thickbills
thicke
thicked
thickened
thickened duodenal folds
thickened gastric folds
thickener
thickeners (current term)
thickening
thickening(a)
thickening agent
thickening agents
thickenings
thickens
thicker
thickest
thicket
thicket tinamou
thicket tinamous
thicketed
thicketization
thickets

Literary usage of Thickeners

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Printing of Textile Fabrics: A Practical Manual on the Printing of by Charles Frederick Seymour Rothwell (1897)
"thickeners AND MORDANTS. SECTION I. THICKENING MATERIALS USED IN PRINTING. BEFORE a mordant or solution of a colouring-matter can be printed by means of an ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"... using the warm overflow of the final thickeners to dilute the underflow of those ahead of flotation to the proper density for that process. ..."

3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1915)
"Lime is added in the feed launders of the Dorr thickeners at the rate of about ... The overflow from the Dorr thickeners is conducted to a 20 by 10-ft. mill ..."

4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"Counter-current Dorr thickeners were installed in many mills and met with groat success. An installation was made at the Globe and Phoenix mill, Rhodesia; ..."

5. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"It was reported that considerable saving was made by the introduction of counter-current thickeners. At the Hollinger mill of Por- ..."

6. A Text Book of Chemical Engineering by Edward Hart (1920)
"112 represents a typical installation of Dorr thickeners and Dorr agitators in a system using continuous coun- ..."

7. A Text Book of Chemical Engineering by Edward Hart (1922)
"136 represents a typical installation of Dorr thickeners and Dorr agitators in a system using continuous coun- ..."

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