Dryer (or drier) may refer to:
Drying equipment
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Hair dryer
A hair dryer (the handheld type also referred to as a blow dryer) is an electromechanical device that blows ambient air in hot or warm settings for styling or drying hair. Hair dryers enable better control over the shape and style of hair, by a ...
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Hand dryer
A "hand dryer" is an electric machine which might make use of a heating element and an air blower to dry both the hands after hand washing. Since 1922, it is commonly used in public toilets around the world as a cost-effective alternative to p ...
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Clothes dryer
A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, drying device, or simply dryer) is a powered Home appliance, household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in ...
, also known as a tumble-dryer
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Belt dryer
A belt dryer (belt drier) a kind of industrial dryer, is an apparatus which is used for continuous drying and cooling of woodchip, pellets, pastes, moulded compounds and panels using air, inert gas, or flue gas.
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Desiccant
A desiccant is a hygroscopic substance that is used to induce or sustain a state of dryness (desiccation) in its vicinity; it is the opposite of a humectant. Commonly encountered pre-packaged desiccants are solids that absorb water. Desiccant ...
, a substance that absorbs or adsorbs water
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Grain dryer
Grain drying is the process of drying grain to prevent spoilage during storage. Artificial grain drying uses fuel or electricity powered processes supplementary to natural ones, including swathing/windrowing for air and sun drying, or stookin ...
, for storage grain bins
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Oil drying agent
An oil drying agent, also known as siccative, is a coordination compound that accelerates ( catalyzes) the hardening of drying oils, often as they are used in oil-based paints. This so-called "drying" (actually a chemical reaction that produces a ...
, an additive which accelerates the film formation of a drying oil
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Dryer (surname)
Dryer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Fred Dryer, American pro football player and actor
*Ivan Dryer, Designer of laser light shows
*Moosie Drier, American actor
*Sally Dryer, American voice actress from the 1960s
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Dryer (band)
Dryer is an American rock 'n' roll band from Saratoga Springs, New York. Dryer formed in 1992, and the three members of the band: Bob Carlton (guitar, vocals), Joel Lilley (drums, vocals), and Rachael Sunday (bass, vocals) were active from 199 ...
, a Saratoga Springs, NY based band
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Drying
Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final production step before selling or packaging products. To be consider ...
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Dreier (disambiguation) Dreier is German for "three-er" and may refer to:
* Dreier (coin), an historical German coin
* Dreier (Königrufen), a contract in the Tarot game of Königrufen
* Dreier (surname), people with the surname
* Dreier (Tapp Tarock), a contract in t ...
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