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erlenmeyer

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for erlenmeyer.

Editorial note

After all, why would you want an Erlenmeyer flask or a reflux condenser if you're not cooking meth?

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Quick take

A surname from German.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of erlenmeyer gathered in one view.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

An Erlenmeyer flask.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for erlenmeyer.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

An Erlenmeyer flask.

Example sentences

1

After all, why would you want an Erlenmeyer flask or a reflux condenser if you're not cooking meth?

2

It's a felony to receive unregistered chemical apparatus, such as an Erlenmeyer or Florence flask.

3

The consequences for using a poorly-made Erlenmeyer flask are potentially devastating on a far larger scale than for a poorly-made knife.

4

We see these in the names, like the Erlenmeyer flask, Schlenk tube, and Dewar flask.

5

While tastes differ, to me the Philips models (the ones that look like an Erlenmeyer flask) give the most pleasant light by far.

6

Thinking about hand-rolled web services, I usually imagine either a stealth alcoholic's metal flask or a mad scientist's Erlenmeyer flask.

7

Everybody has a computer, but not a set of Erlenmeyer flasks.

8

In my dad's lab in the 1970s, they used to make coffee in a large Erlenmeyer flask and filter it under vaccuum with a Buchner funnel.

9

I got a set of 25ml Erlenmeyer flasks to use as shot glasses.

10

After college I got a Pyrex 5L erlenmeyer flask as a wine decanter and it's served me well two and a half decades later.

11

After all, we all know scientific progress can literally be distilled down into various colored liquid and poured into an erlenmeyer flask for easy consumption.

12

This video is mostly about a diffusion pump, but he uses it to pull a vacuum in a homemade CRT made out of an Erlenmeyer flask and the filament from an incandescent light bulb.

Quote examples

1

It looks like an Erlenmeyer flask, which could contain anything (“use detergent”?

2

It doesn’t mention it in the Wikipedia article but I think the X files episode “The Erlenmeyer Flask” was also partially inspired by and drew some details from this case.

3

You never write "We poured the mixture" or "We measured the transmittance", but rather "The mixture was poured into a 250ml Erlenmeyer flask" and "Transmittance was measured using a model 500 spectrophotometer with a 580nm filter".

4

“It’s not like a big Erlenmeyer flask of green liquid.” Researchers would have to grow the virus in cells in order to stand a real chance of infecting people, she added, and it’s difficult to grow viruses from these swabbed samples even if you try to.

Proper noun examples

1

I have about half a mzscheme erlang binding done (Erlenmeyer on my github) because I'd love to see arc bindings.

2

Erlenmeyer would be difficult for people to pronounce.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use erlenmeyer in a sentence?

After all, why would you want an Erlenmeyer flask or a reflux condenser if you're not cooking meth?

What does erlenmeyer mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is erlenmeyer?

erlenmeyer is commonly used as noun.