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Definition: Atomizer |
AtomizerNoun1. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "atomizer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Dispenser:glass, metal or plastic shell fitted with valve from which a pressurized formulation is dispensed; an instrument for atomizing; to atomize:to reduce(a liquid or solid)to a fine spray, minute particles, or light dust ; an instrument for dispensing liquid in a fine spray. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A spray device for producing a very fine mist for the suppression of airborne dust in mines. It is normally operated by compressed air.Syn:jet mixer; line oiler. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AtomizerSynonyms: atomiser (n), spray (n), sprayer (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: sprayer (mechanical engineering). |
Crosswords: Atomizer |
| English words defined with "atomizer": airbrush ♦ nebula, Nebulizer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "atomizer": DRIER OPERATOR IV ♦ spray drier. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Atomizer" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Turkish (atomizer). |
| "Atomizer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Atomizer" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "atomizer": dual orifice atomizer ♦ duple atomizer ♦ perfume atomizer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
atomizer | 56 |
perfume atomizer | 16 |
fuel atomizer 2000 | 11 |
fuel atomizer | 11 |
atomizer refillable | 10 |
atomizer rotary spray | 9 |
atomizer bulb | 5 |
atomizer niro | 4 |
atomizer ultrasonic | 3 |
atomizer bulb perfume | 3 |
atomizer bottle | 3 |
atomizer mouth | 2 |
devilbiss atomizer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "atomizer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sprukator, pluhurues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المرذاذ (vaporizer), أداة لتحويل العطر لرذاذ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пулверизатор (gun, pulverizer, spray, sprayer, vaporizer), пръскачка (spray, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 雾化器 (atomiser, Nebulizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | atomizér, rozprašovaè (sparger, spray, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | oliebraender (atomiser, oil burner), forstøver (atomiser, burner, croupaire, distributor, injector, nebulizer, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verstuiver (air blow-out, atomiser, burner, carburator, carburetor, carburettor, distributor, injector, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, spray nozzle, sprayer, vaporiser, vaporizer, vaporizing burner), stookoliebrander (oil burner), spray (spray), oliebrander (oil burner, oil-burning defroster, oil-fired burner, vaporizing burner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | öljypoltin (oil burner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | atomiseur (atomiser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zerstäuber (spray, sprayer, vaporizer, vaporizers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καυστήρας πετρελαίου (oil burner), συσκευή ψεκασμού (distributor, sprayer), ψεκαστήρασ (sprayer, sprinkler), ψεκαστήρας (atomiser, distributor, inhalator, inhaler, sprayer, sprinkler), ψεκαστήρ (spray, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרסס (aerosol, diffuser, injector, pulverizer, spray, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | porlasztó (carburetor, carburetter, carburettor, diffuser, nose, pulverizer, sprayer, vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | alat penyemprot, pengabut (carburetor, sprayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nebulizzatore (atomiser, nebuliser, nebulizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 霧吹き (spray), 噴霧器 (sprayer, vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きりふき (spray), ふ"むき (sprayer, vaporizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분무기 (atomiser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | breneeneyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atomizeray pulverizador (blower, pulverizer, spray, vaporizer). (various references) atomizator (sprayer), pulverizator (air gun, pulverizer, spray, sprayer), injector (burner, injector, inspirator). (various references) распылитель (nebulizer, pulverizer, sprayer). (various references) raspršivač (nebulizer). (various references) pulverizador (aerosol, nuance, perfume atomizer, pulverizer, spray, spray can, sprayer), atomizador (perfume atomizer, spray). (various references) spray (spray), rafräschissör, oljebrännare (oil burner). (various references) atomizer, püskürteç, püskürtücü (injector, repellent, repelling, spray, sprayer, spreader, sprinkler). (various references) розбризкувач (splasher, sprinkler), фарсунка, пульверизатор (airbrush, pulverizer, sprayer, sprinkler, vaporizer). (various references) máy phun máy tán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "atomizer": atomizers. (additional references) | |
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"Atomizer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adomizer, atomise, atomite, automize, Autosizer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "atomizer" (pronounced a"tumī'zer) |
| 6 | -t u m ī' z er | itemizer. |
| 5 | -u m ī' z er | compromiser. |
| 3 | -ī' z er | advertiser, analyzer, appetizer, colonizer, energizer, equalizer, exerciser, fertilizer, franchiser, ionizer, merchandiser, moisturizer, organizer, oxidizer, plasticizer, polarizer, popularizer, stabilizer, sterilizer, supervisor, sympathizer, synthesizer, tranquilizer, womanizer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amortize. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-t-z" | |
-1 letter: atomize. | |
-2 letters: imaret, mazier. | |
-3 letters: aimer, amort, armet, azote, irate, maize, mater, matzo, mazer, merit, metro, mirza, miter, mitre, moira, moire, morae, oater, orate, ramet, ramie, ratio, remit, retia, tamer, terai, timer, zaire, ziram. | |
-4 letters: aero, airt, amie, amir, atom, emir, emit, iota, item, izar, mair, mare, mart, mate, maze, meat, meta, mire, mite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: amortized, amortizes, aromatize, atomizers. | |
+2 letters: aromatized, aromatizes, dogmatizer. | |
+3 letters: achromatize, amortizable, democratize, dogmatizers, immortalize, romanticize, temporalize, tetrazolium, unamortized. | |
+4 letters: achromatized, achromatizes, democratized, democratizer, democratizes, dimerization, immortalized, immortalizer, immortalizes, memorization, racemization, romanticized, romanticizes, spermatozoid, temporalized, temporalizes, tetrazoliums. | |
+5 letters: democratizers, democratizing, dimerizations, germanization, immortalizers, isomerization, melodramatize, memorizations, mercerization, metronidazole, modernization, overdramatize, racemizations, spermatozoids, temporalizing, temporization. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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