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Definition of Percolator
1. Noun. A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
Definition of Percolator
1. n. One who, or that which, filters.
2. n. A kind of coffee pot in which the heated water is caused to filter through the coffee and thus extract its essence.
Definition of Percolator
1. Noun. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Percolator
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Percolator
1. A funnel-shaped vessel used for the process of percolation in pharmacy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Percolator
Literary usage of Percolator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"This is to prevent the drug from escaping from the percolator during its use,
and it is to be secured in position by suitable means. ..."
2. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The choice of the shape of the percolator depends upon the nature of the drug.
... Arrangement of Percolator.—The percolator is prepared in the following ..."
3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1909)
"Above two gallons, recourse was had to the galvanized iron percolator or the well
tube percolator, in which the container is an earthenware crock. ..."
4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"The shape of a percolator should be adapted to the nature of the drug to be erated
upon. For drugs which are apt to swell, particularly when a feebly alco- ..."
5. American Druggist (1884)
"To use a tall and narrow percolator, packing it only half full, is of course
equivalent to using a short percolator. ALL the ready-made percolators ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"A cylindrical percolator is preferred for drugs which do not swell appreciably
... If the conditions are greatly different from these, a conical percolator ..."
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