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[ noun ] conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases
Synonyms Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)In a_few experiments the tubes were made from standard 6 mm. i.d. Pyrex tubing of 1 mm. wall thickness . The photochemical_reaction cells consisted_of 10 mm. i.d. Pyrex tubing , 5.5 cm. long , diffraction effects being minimized by the fact that the light passed_through only liquid glass interfaces and not gas glass interfaces . These cells were used rather than square Pyrex tubing because of the tendency of the latter to shatter when thawing frozen carbon_tetrachloride . |
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