fume hood

noun

A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.

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Meanings

nounfume hood (plural fume hoods)

plural fume hoods

  1. chemistryA ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.

    He turned the downstairs drawing room into a lab, installing a furnace, crucible, and fume hood, and stocking it with hundreds of beakers, flasks, pipes, and balances.

    2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 27

Translations

Dutch zuurkast, trekkast
  • zuurkasta ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
  • trekkasta ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Finnish vetokaappi
  • vetokaappia ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
French hotte
  • hottea ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
German Abzug
  • Abzuga ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Greek απαγωγός
  • απαγωγός (apagogós)a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Polish dygestorium, wyciąg laboratoryjny
  • dygestoriuma ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
  • wyciąg laboratoryjnya ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Portuguese capela
  • capelaa ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Spanish campana, campana de gases
  • campanaa ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
  • campana de gasesa ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
Swedish dragskåp
  • dragskåpa ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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