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Definition of Atomises
1. atomise [v] - See also: atomise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomises
Literary usage of Atomises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marine Engineering (a Text-book) by Albert Edward Tompkins (1908)
"the oil is heavy it atomises very badly at a low temperature, but by heating it
to a moderately high temperature the oil becomes thinner and, running freely ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"... by repeated compression of the india-rubber ball attached to the apparatus,
atomises the contents of the glass reservoir, and inhales the finely divided ..."
3. Petroleum: A Treatise on the Geographical Distribution and Geological by Sir Boverton Redwood (1896)
"... and atomises it, a fierce flame, extending the whole length of the arch, being
thus produced. ..."
4. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"For the heavier ones it was necessary to construct a special type of sprayer,
which atomises the oil more effectively, and to heat the oil in the tanks and ..."
5. Criminal Victimisation in the Developing World edited by Ugljesa Zvekic, Anna Alvazzi Del Frate (1996)
"Emigration atomises the family thereby neutralising the youth's most fundamental
traditional social control bonds. (...) When a youth is viewed in the ..."
6. A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low, Alfred William Bevis (1908)
"The smoke-box is fitted with two nests of tubes for heating the air which atomises
or sprays the oil in the burners. The air enters from the atmosphere just ..."
7. A Text-book on the Gas, Oil, and Air Engines by Bryan Donkin (1896)
"... steam and air are sprayed into the fire box, a separate supply of superheated
steam is injected into the petroleum, and completely atomises it. ..."
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