Erlenmeyer flask
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Erlenmeyer flask
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Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.
noun Erlenmeyer flasks
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A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.
Similar: conical flask, erlenmeyer
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noun conical laboratory flask
| 中文 | 錐形瓶 /锥形瓶 zhuīxíngpíng, 三角燒瓶 /三角烧瓶 sānjiǎo shāopíng |
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| Português | frasco de Erlenmeyer |
| Français | erlenmeyer |
| Deutsch | Erlenmeyerkolben |
| Italiano | beuta, matraccio di Erlenmeyer |
| Русский | ко́лба Э́рленме́йера kólba Érlenméjjera, кони́ческая ко́лба koníčeskaja kólba |
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