test tube
–noun
| a hollow cylinder of thin glass with one end closed, used in chemical and biological experimentation and analysis. |
[Origin: 1840–50
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| produced in or as if in a test tube; synthetic or experimental. |
[Origin: 1885–90
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| test tube
n. A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| test tube | |
noun | |
| glass tube closed at one end |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈtest-tube noun
a glass tube closed at one end, used in chemical tests or experiments
See also: test, test match, test pilot, "test tube" in any language
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| test tube
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A cylindrical tube of clear glass, usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used as a container for small amounts of a substance in laboratory tests and experiments. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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