reformer

English

Etymology

reform +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

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), , 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, 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, 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.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one who reforms”): traditionalist

Derived terms

• catalytic reformer
• spelling reformer

Translations

Anagrams

• rereform

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

reformer

1. to reform, to get/put back together

Conjugation

Descendants

• → Turkish: reforme (via past participle)

Further reading

• “reformer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "reformer"

Latin

Verb

refōrmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of refōrmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

reformer m

1. indefinite plural of reform

Verb

reformer

1. imperative of reformere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reformer f

1. indefinite plural of reform

Swedish

Noun

reformer

1. indefinite plural of reform