vaporizer
nounEtymology From vaporiz(e) + -er.
› A device with a heating element, used to…
1
Such a device to facilitate vaping.
- Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
2
Medicine, Sciences A medical device for administering medicine via inhalation. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
3
A device that heated viscous liquid motor fuel, especially tractor vaporising oil, to enable an engine to run on it.
Historical except museologically
- Their Fordson was equipped with a vaporizer.