tubulure

[ too-byuh-ler, tyoo- ]

noun

1. a short tubular opening, as in a glass jar or at the top of a retort.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubulure¹

From French, dating back to 1790–1800; tubule, -ure

Example Sentences

Close the tubulure by means of an india-rubber stopper previously sterilised by boiling in a beaker of water.

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Remove the cotton-wool plug from the tubulure and pour the inoculated medium into the glass vessel.

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Twenty pounds of strong sulphuric acid are now to be introduced by the tubulure c, and then its lid must be put on.

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We attach to its neck an adopter pipe, and two or three globes with opposite tubulures, and a last globe with a vertical tubulure.

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The steam enters through the tubulure, A, and finds its way around the periphery of a tuyere, D.

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