Definition of Atomizer

1. Noun. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.

Exact synonyms: Atomiser, Nebuliser, Nebulizer, Spray, Sprayer
Specialized synonyms: Airbrush
Generic synonyms: Dispenser
Derivative terms: Atomise, Atomise, Atomize, Atomize, Spray, Spray, Spray

Definition of Atomizer

1. n. One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

Definition of Atomizer

1. Noun. An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Atomizer

1. a device for atomizing liquids [n -S]

Medical Definition of Atomizer

1. One who, or that which, atomizes; especially, an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomizer

atomising
atomism
atomisms
atomist
atomist theory
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atomistic psychology
atomistic theory
atomistical
atomistically
atomists
atomization
atomizations
atomize
atomized
atomizer (current term)
atomizers
atomizes
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atomlike
atomologies
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atomtronics
atomy
atonable
atonal

Literary usage of Atomizer

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

1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"THE BURNER OR atomizer. - One of the principal devices essential to the oil burning locomotive is, of course, the burner or atomizer, of which several ..."

2. Liquid Fuel and Its Combustion by William Henry Booth (1903)
"266 91. Furnace of French Torpedo Boat No. 22 267 92. atomizer ... atomizer, Williams 271 103. atomizer, Compagnie Russe Standart . . . . . . . .271 104. ..."

3. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"The steam atomizer is further frequently compared, to its disadvantage, with the mechanical atomizer—it being contended that as the latter uses no steam ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"... from the peptone formed in the digestion of egg albumin. What the chemical difference is I do not know. DR. JAMES COLLINS exhibited an atomizer FOR ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"... solution) applied with the atomizer will often enable the patient to swallow his food comfortably. There are, however, distressing cases of extensive ..."

6. The Throat and nose, and their diseases by Isaac Lennox Browne, Lennox Browne (1890)
"and the Universal atomizer of Codman and Shurtleff, of Boston, USA When such diseases as diphtheria have extended into the larynx and trachea, ..."

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