Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A conical laboratory flask with a narrow neck and flat broad bottom.
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- noun chemistry A glass
laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions, or to carry outtitrations .
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- noun a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer, (1825–1909), German chemist.]
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Named after the inventor, German chemist Richard Erlenmeyer, who created it in 1861.
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