calandria
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See also: calàndria
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish calandria (“lark (bird); calander”),[1] from Vulgar Latin *calandria, from Ancient Greek χαράδριος (kharádrios).[2] First attested in 1886 in the sugar industry.
Noun
[edit]calandria (plural calandrias)
- A form of heat exchanger in which steam is forced past tubes which contain water to be boiled.
- A thermosyphon reboiler.
- (brewing) A heating element within a brew kettle.
- A type of South American mockingbird with a black head (Mimus modulator or Mimus orpheus).[3]
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “calandria, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “calandria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- ^ “calandria”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
[edit]- “calandria”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
calandria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
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Noun
[edit]calandria f (plural calandrias)
- Certain species of lark-like birds.
Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]calandria f (plural calandrias)
- calender (machine)
Further reading
[edit]- “calandria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28