homogenizer
(həˈmɒdʒɪnaɪzə(r))
[f. homogenize + -er1.]
A machine or apparatus designed to homogenize some kind of material (as milk or tissue). Also fig.
| 1886 Sci. Amer. 11 Dec. 371 The mixture is thoroughly amalgamated and ground together in an apparatus called by the inventors a ‘homogenizer’. 1908 N.Y. Produce Rev. & Amer. Creamery 11 Nov. 92/2 (heading) A new homogenizer. 1910 Ibid. 9 Feb. 600/1 A machine of much interest to the dairy trade..is the Gaulin Homogenizer. 1936 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. XXXVI. 496 To prepare tissue for study, a measured volume of the desired buffer is placed in the homogenizer tube, which is then weighed. 1955 P. Becher Princ. Emulsion Technol. v. 74 A homogenizer is a device in which dispersion is effected by forcing the mixture to be emulsified through a small orifice under very high pressure. 1956 Nature 4 Feb. 233/2 Disintegration of spleen cells (grinding in a homogenizer at high speed) destroys their protective effect on antibody formation. 1969 J. G. Brennan et al. Food Engin. Operations v. 93 The many applications for ultrasonic homogenizers..include: the manufacture of salad creams, ice-cream mixes,..and baby foods. 1973 Daily Tel. 24 Mar. 14/4 The social and aesthetic attitudes have been passed through the homogeniser of the bureaucratic hive⁓mind. |