Winkler bottle

noun

A glass laboratory apparatus for measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.

Meanings

nounWinkler bottle (plural Winkler bottles)

plural Winkler bottles

  1. A glass laboratory apparatus for measuring the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.

Origin

From Lajos Winkler, inventor of the Winkler test for dissolved oxygen.

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