Erlenmeyer flask
nounEtymology Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
- An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265:
- Synonyms
- conical flask, erlenmeyer