A device or apparatus that removes dissolved or trapped gases from liquids, solids, or systems.
From degas + -er (agent noun suffix). This straightforward compound emerged in 20th-century technical English as equipment became named and specialized.
Vacuum degassers in laboratories look like simple equipment but they're absolutely brilliant—they simultaneously heat and vibrate liquid samples while pulling a vacuum, which releases stubborn dissolved gases that wouldn't escape otherwise.
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