Bell Jar Definition

noun
A cylindrical glass vessel with a rounded top and an open base, used to protect and display fragile objects or to establish a vacuum or a controlled atmosphere in scientific experiments.
American Heritage
A bell-shaped container or cover made of glass, used to keep gases, air, moisture, etc. in or out.
Webster's New World

A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • bell glass

Other Word Forms of Bell Jar

Noun

Singular:
bell jar
Plural:
bell-jars

Bell Jar Sentence Examples

  • After being well shaken, the liquid was poured into a sterile glass Petrie dish and covered with a moist and sterile bell-jar.

  • In the next experiment the air was compressed as before, and then allowed to escape through a long lead tube immersed in the water of a calorimeter, and finally collected in a bell jar.

  • The experiment is usually performed, in a more striking manner, with a bell-jar and a number of small light wooden balls suspended by silk strings to a fixed frame above the jar, so as to be just in contact with the widest part of the glass.

  • In dry atmospheres it's advisable to cover the whole thing with a glass bell jar.

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