Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wide cylindrical glass vessel with a pouring lip, used as a laboratory container and mixing jar.
- noun A large drinking cup with a wide mouth.
- noun The quantity that a beaker holds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large drinking-vessel with a wide mouth.
- noun A glass vessel used by chemists, usually for making solutions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
- noun An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A flat-bottomed
vessel , with alip , used as alaboratory container . - noun A
drinking vessel without ahandle , sometimes for the use ofchildren . - noun A
mug .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry
- noun a cup (usually without a handle)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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However, the rate of increase may finally be beginning to ease, as the beaker is almost full.
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However, the rate of increase may finally be beginning to ease, as the beaker is almost full.
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However, the rate of increase may finally be beginning to ease, as the beaker is almost full.
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However, the rate of increase may finally be beginning to ease, as the beaker is almost full.
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What's going on in the beaker is actually quite a complex set of chemical reactions.
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A tempered glass or stainless steel beaker is preheated with boiling water, coarse-ground coffee is added, then hot water.
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A tempered glass or stainless steel beaker is preheated with boiling water, coarse-ground coffee is added, then hot water.
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If an empty beaker is lowered part way into the liquid, the liquid flows upward, over the edge and down into the beaker.
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Indeed, their population is increasing now, but the beaker is almost full and their reproductive rate is starting to drop.
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They are plunged in a solution of ammonium chloride A, contained in a glass phial or beaker, which is closed to suppress evaporation.
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
sonofgroucho commented on the word beaker
My favourite Muppet.
January 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word beaker
Sidekick to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. (I once had a bird named after Beaker--he acted much like his namesake most of the time.)
December 17, 2007
bilby commented on the word beaker
"You want to know how two chemicals interact, do you ask them? No, they're going to lie through their lying little chemical teeth. Throw them in a beaker and apply heat."
- website, Eli Baskin, cited 30 Dec 2007.
January 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word beaker
Do I have to ship them to Guantanamo first, before locking them in a confined environment and applying heat?
January 2, 2008