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1 tube
n. tub; rör; kanal, gång; tunnel* * *[tju:b]1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) rör, slang2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) rör, kanal, gång3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; ( also adjective) a tube train/station.) tunnelbana4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) tub•- tubing- tubular -
2 hour-glass
noun (a device that measures time in hours by passing sand from one glass container through a narrow tube into a lower container.) timglas -
3 test-tube
noun (a glass tube closed at one end, used in chemical tests or experiments.) provrör -
4 siphon
n. hävert (böjt rör som används för att överföra vätskor från en behållare till en annan med hjälp av lufttryck)--------v. leda bort genom en hävert (böjt rör som används för att överföra vätskor från en behållare till en annan med hjälp av lufttryck)* * *1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) hävert2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifon2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) suga [] upp -
5 kaleidoscope
n. kalejdoskop (leksak byggd på illusioner; mångfärgat objekt)* * *(a tube-shaped toy in which loose coloured pieces of glass etc reflected in two mirrors form changing patterns.) kalejdoskop -
6 spirit level
vattenpass (instrument fyllt med vätska och en luftbubbla som används för att avgöra om en yta är plan)* * *(a tool consisting of a bar containing a glass tube of liquid, for testing whether a surface is level.) vattenpass -
7 thermometer
n. termometer (redskap för mätning av temperatur)* * *[Ɵə'momitə](an instrument (usually a thin, glass tube with eg mercury in it) used for measuring temperature, especially body temperature: The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.) termometer
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