reformer

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See also: Reformer and réformer

English

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Etymology

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From reform +‎ -er.

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reformer (plural reformers)

  1. One who reforms, or who works for reform.
  2. (historical, Christianity) One who was involved in the Reformation.
    • 1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: [] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], →OCLC, page 127:
      [] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, []
  3. (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
    • 2004, Evelyn Brown, “Argonne tests and creates the fuel cells to power the future”, in Evelyn Brown, editor, Logos[1], volume 22, number 1, page 15:
      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.
  4. (petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
    • 1979 December, Alaska Petrochemical Company, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Draft[:] Environmental Impact Statement[2], page 29:
      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.

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Verb

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reformer

  1. to reform, to get/put back together

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  • Turkish: reforme (via past participle)

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Latin

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refōrmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of refōrmō

Norwegian Bokmål

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reformer m

  1. indefinite plural of reform

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reformer

  1. imperative of reformere

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reformer f

  1. indefinite plural of reform

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Noun

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reformer

  1. indefinite plural of reform