Etymology

calandria

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Today it means: A form of heat exchanger in which steam is forced past tubes which contain water to be boiled. Full definition →

Spanish calandria
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcalandria“machine with cylinders”
  2. English todaycalandria

Borrowed from Spanish calandria (“machine with cylinders”). First attested in 1886 in the sugar industry.

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