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< retort

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re·tort²

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NOUN:

A closed laboratory vessel with an outlet tube, used for distillation, sublimation, or decomposition by heat.

ETYMOLOGY:
French retorte, from Medieval Latin retorta, from feminine of Latin retortus, past participle of retorqure, to bend back ; see retort¹

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