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  • noun Plural form of beaker.

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Examples

  • When water in two beakers is exposed to a high voltage, a floating water bridge forms between the beakers.

    ‘Floating Bridge’ Property of Water Found | Impact Lab 2007

  • Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

    George Porter - Banquet Speech 1968

  • Larger drinking-cups of silver were called beakers, or tankards, beer-bowls, or wine-bowls.

    Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

  • Meanwhile, the scientists, known at the pole as "beakers," are hard at work on their experiments.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Meanwhile, the scientists, known at the pole as "beakers," are hard at work on their experiments.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Meanwhile, the scientists, known at the pole as "beakers," are hard at work on their experiments.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Because it is non-wetting, laboratory glass ware such as beakers, test tubes, stirrers, etc., are frequently coated with Teflon® to prevent cross-contamination.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2009

  • Meanwhile, the scientists, known at the pole as "beakers," are hard at work on their experiments.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Meanwhile, the scientists, known at the pole as "beakers," are hard at work on their experiments.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Light also leaked from great vials and beakers and tubes on the tabletops, and from strange mechanical contraptions all around.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

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