cold trap (English, noun)
expansion: cold trap (plural cold traps)
Senses:
glosses: In vacuum applications, a device that condenses all vapours except the permanent gases into a liquid or solid, typically to prevent contamination of a vacuum pump.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An atmospheric layer that is significantly colder than the adjacent layers both deeper and higher. It keeps ascending gases that have high melting points from escaping the atmosphere by freezing them to a solid which then drops back to the planet surface.
Forms:
form: cold traps
tags: plural