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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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–adjective

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.

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test tube
noun
glass tube closed at one end

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ˈtest-tube noun

a glass tube closed at one end, used in chemical tests or experiments

Arabic:	أنْبوب الإخْتِبار
Chinese (Simplified):	试管
Chinese (Traditional):	試管
Czech:	zkumavka
Danish:	reagensglas
Dutch:	reageerbuisje
Estonian:	katseklaas
Finnish:	koeputki
French:	éprouvette
German:	das Reagenzglas
Greek:	δοκιμαστικός σωλήνας
Hungarian:	kémcső
Icelandic:	tilraunaglas
Indonesian:	tabung percobaan

Italian:	provetta
Japanese:	試験管
Latvian:	mēģene
Lithuanian:	mėgintuvėlis
Norwegian:	reagensglass
Polish:	probówka
Portuguese (Brazil):	tubo de ensaio
Portuguese (Portugal):	tubo de ensaio
Russian:	пробирка
Slovak:	skúmavka
Slovenian:	epruveta
Spanish:	tubo de ensayo
Swedish:	provrör
Turkish:	deney tüpü

See also: test, test match, test pilot, "test tube" in any language

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test tube Audio Help (těst) Pronunciation Key
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.

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