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refractionometer (medicine)


refractionometer -->
refractometer
<optics> A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.

Origin: Refraction.

Source: Websters Dictionary


dump 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?put something somewhere?
2 ?get rid of something?
3 ?end relationship?
4 ?sell goods?
5 ?copy information?
Phrasal verbs
dump on somebody
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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch dompen 'to put in water, throw down']
?PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE?
[always + adverb/preposition] to put something somewhere in a careless untidy way
::Merrill dumped her suitcase down in the hall.
dump sth on sth
::They dump tons of salt on icy road surfaces to make driving safer.
dump sth in/into sth
::He found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.
?GET RID OF SOMETHING?
a) to get rid of something that you do not want
::Ellie dumped all the photos of her ex-husband.
::He dumped her body into the sea.
b) to get rid of waste material by taking it from people's houses and burying it under the soil
::Britain dumps more of its waste than any Other European country.
?END RELATIONSHIP?
informal to end a relationship with someone
::Vicky dumped Neil yesterday.
?SELL GOODS?
to get rid of goods by selling them in a foreign country at a much lower price
dump in/on
::a campaign to stop cheap European beef being dumped in West Africa
?COPY INFORMATION?
technical to copy information stored in a computer's memory on to something else such as a disk or magnetic tape
-see also dumping
dump on [dump on sb] phr v
dump sth on sb
to unfairly give someone an unwanted job, duty, or problem to deal with
::Don't just dump the extra work on me.
AmE to treat someone badly
AmE to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly
::politicians dumping on their opponents
dump (sth) on sb
to tell someone all your problems and worries
::We all dump our troubles on Mike.