Meanings
noungraduated cylinder (plural graduated cylinders)
plural graduated cylinders
- chemistryAn item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely.
Synonyms: measuring cylinder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely.
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Chinese Mandarin 量筒
- 量筒 (liángtǒng)laboratory equipment
Czech odměrný válec
- odměrný váleclaboratory equipment
Finnish mittalasi
- mittalasilaboratory equipment
Hungarian mérőhenger
- mérőhengerlaboratory equipment
Indonesian gelas ukur
- gelas ukurlaboratory equipment
Malay silinder penyukat
- silinder penyukatlaboratory equipment
Māori puoto-ine
- puoto-inelaboratory equipment
Polish menzurka, cylinder miarowy
- menzurkalaboratory equipment
- cylinder miarowylaboratory equipment
Tagalog ginatlaang bumbong
- ginatlaang bumbonglaboratory equipment
Welsh silindr mesur
- silindr mesurlaboratory equipment
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