Definition of autoclave
: an apparatus in which special conditions (such as high or low pressure or temperature) can be established for a variety of applications; especially : an apparatus (as for sterilizing) using steam under high pressure
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That investment includes massive, very expensive autoclaves, which are high-pressure ovens where the carbon fiber infused with epoxy resin is baked to hardness.
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According to a Boeing spokesman who attended the Paris presentation, Delaney said Boeing is considering all options for fabricating the composites, including various new out-of-autoclave and resin infusion methods.
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During a tour led by Eric Lindblad, vice president of 777X, the massive high-pressure oven called an autoclave was baking a set of stringers while nearby another automated machine was trimming and drilling a lower wing skin.
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These huge cylindrical parts, spun out of carbon tape elsewhere in the factory, are baked to hardness inside a giant autoclave, a pressure oven 98 feet long and 29 feet in diameter, which Kawasaki designed and built itself.
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Certified tattoo and piercing parlors have an autoclave machine, which uses high temperature and steam to sterilize the gun.
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No microscopes or autoclaves, just computers arranged in two long rows.
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Origin and Etymology of autoclave
French, from aut- + Latin clavis key — more at clavicle
autoclave
Definition of autoclave
autoclaved
;autoclaving
transitive verb
: to treat in an autoclave
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Can the seal on Maddy’s autoclaved world withstand the pressure of such swelling adolescent hormones — not to mention Yoon’s plot requirements?
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Can the seal on Maddy’s autoclaved world withstand the pressure of such swelling adolescent hormones, not to mention Yoon’s plot requirements?
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First Known Use of autoclave
1911
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of autoclave
: an apparatus (as for sterilizing) using superheated steam under pressure
autoclave
Medical Definition of autoclave
autoclaved
;autoclaving
: to treat in an autoclave
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