reformer
/ɹɪfˈɔɹmɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who was involved in the Reformation.
noun
A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
noun
A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of reformer (“one involved in the Reformation”).
Example Sentences
- "Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost."
- "[…] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, […]"
- "The fuel reformer works somewhat like catalytic converters in cars. In the gasoline reformer, vaporized gasoline is mixed with steam and air before traveling through a cylinder packed with the new Argonne catalyst. The result is a hydrogen-rich gas that is further processed in subsequent chemical steps and is then fed to the fuel cell."
- "Deisohexanizer bottoms are routed to the continuous reformer, where the octane of the stream is upgraded chiefly by conversion of naphthenes and paraffins to high octane aromatic compounds."
Etymology
Etymology tree English reform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English reformer From reform + -er.