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Princeton's WordNet

  1. test tubenoun

    glass tube closed at one end

Wiktionary

  1. test tubenoun

    a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other; used for small-scale laboratory tests

  2. test tubeadjective

    produced in a test tube

  3. test tubeadjective

    conceived or developed in vitro by artificial insemination

Wikipedia

  1. Test tube

    A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top and closed at the bottom. Test tubes are usually placed in special-purpose racks.

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  1. test tube

    A test tube is a thin and cylindrical glass container that is often used in scientific experiments and procedures, particularly in chemistry and biology laboratories. It can hold, mix, or heat small quantities of solid or liquid substances, and is commonly used for performing reactions and observations under controlled conditions.

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  1. Test tube

    A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom. A large test tube designed specifically for boiling liquids is called a boiling tube. Test tubes are available in a multitude of lengths and widths, typically from 10 to 20 mm wide and 50 to 200 mm long. The top often features a flared lip to aid pouring out the contents; some sources consider that the presence of a lip is what distinguishes a test tube from a culture tube. A test tube has either a flat bottom, a round bottom, or a conical bottom. Some test tubes are made to accept a ground glass stopper or a screw cap. They are often provided with a small ground glass or white glaze area near the top for labeling with a pencil.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of test tube in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of test tube in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of test tube in a Sentence

  1. William Arthur Ward:

    Wise are they who have learned these truths Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.

  2. Jonathan Reiner:

    You can find online a preprint, non-peer-reviewed paper that seems to suggest that in vitro, in other words in test tubes, that there is some antiviral activity for this compound, but I can tell you there are millions of compounds that, when tested in vitro, in a test tube, appear to have some antiviral activity but that are worthless in vivo, in humans.

  3. Fox News:

    The Nutrition Twins' Veggie Cure, broccoli contains sulforaphane, which has been shown to prevent and fight a wide variety of cancers in test tube research.

  4. Cesare Galli:

    What we've done is very similar to what's done to couples with fertility problems, we've made a test-tube rhino.


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