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Erlenmeyer flask

The definition of an Erlenmeyer flask is a glass container used in laboratories with a cone shaped body, flat bottom and a narrow neck.

(noun)

An example of an Erlenmeyer flask is the most widely used laboratory flask.

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See Erlenmeyer flask in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a conical laboratory flask with a flat bottom and a short, straight neck

Origin: after Emil Erlenmeyer (1825-1909), Ger chemist

See Erlenmeyer flask in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A conical laboratory flask with a narrow neck and flat broad bottom.

Origin:

Origin: After Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (1825-1909), German chemist

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