autoclave

Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtəˌkleɪv/

autoclave (plural autoclaves)

1. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

claved

autoclave (third-person singular simple present autoclaves, present participle autoclaving, simple past and past participle autoclaved)

1. (transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

autoclave (not comparable)

1. (cryptography) Synonym of autokey

• vacuolate

From auto- +‎ Latin clavis (“key”).

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.klav/, /ɔ.tɔ.klav/

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autoclave m (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave

• “autoclave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French autoclave.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈkla.ve/[1]
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧clà‧ve

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autoclave f (plural autoclavi)

1. autoclave

• cautelavo

Borrowed from French autoclave.

autoclave m or (less commonly) f (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave

• “autoclave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014