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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

test-tube

[test-toob, -tyoob]
–adjective
produced in or as if in a test tube; synthetic or experimental.

Origin:
1885–90
test tube  
n.  A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation.

Main Entry: test tube
Function: noun
: a plain or lipped tube usually of thin glass closed at one end and used especially in chemistry and biology
Language Translation for : test tube
Spanish: tubo de ensayo,
German: das Reagenzglas,
Japanese: 試験管

test tube n.
A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation.

test tube   (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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