Erlenmeyer flask
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Erlenmeyer flask
1885–90; named after E. Erlenmeyer (died 1909), German chemist
Example Sentences
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The only container readily available is a 150-mL Erlenmeyer flask.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Because scientists learn more in graduate school than how to peer into microscopes and pour chemicals ever so carefully from one Erlenmeyer flask to another.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2012
I hand Epsilon-5 an Erlenmeyer flask, and he hurries to the opposite side of the bench like we’re reading each other’s minds.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Warm this nitric acid solution and pour it slowly through the filter paper, thereby dissolving the copper on the paper, receiving the acid solution in the Erlenmeyer flask.
From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Talbot, Henry P.
Transfer the suspension to the Erlenmeyer flask and mix it with the 90 c.c. of sterile water remaining in the flask.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
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