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graduated cylinder

noun

Definition of graduated cylinder

: a tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids

Examples of graduated cylinder in a Sentence

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 While some tinkered with microscopes and graduated cylinders, others were searching the stars. — Doug Main, The Atlantic, "Humankind’s Most Important Material," 7 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of graduated cylinder

1948, in the meaning defined above

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