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- noun A
bottle ,flask or similarvessel having a vacuum between itsinner andouter silvered walls ; designed tomaintain thetemperature of itscontents - noun chemistry A
Dewar vessel is the scientific version, and is most often used to store liquified gases. - noun chemistry A type of glass flask used in a
laboratory similar to anErlenmeyer flask , but with a side spout used for connection to anaspirator . Also known as aBüchner flask .
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- noun flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures
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