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autoclave

noun
/ˈɔt.əˌkleɪv/

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).

  1. derived from clavis
  2. borrowed from autoclave

Definitions

  1. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization,…

    A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

  2. To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

  3. Synonym of autokey.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autoclave. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA