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autoclaving

autoclaving is the present participle and gerund of autoclave.

Meaning of autoclave

Verb

autoclave (third-person singular simple present autoclaves, present participle autoclaving, simple past and past participle autoclaved)

  1. (transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

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Noun

autoclaving (plural autoclavings)

  1. sterilization in an autoclave
    • One set of triplicates was autoclaved twice, with a 24-hour room temperature incubation between autoclavings, and used as sterile controls for the mineralization assay.2016 March 1, “Actinorhizal Alder Phytostabilization Alters Microbial Community Dynamics in Gold Mine Waste Rock from Northern Quebec: A Greenhouse Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of autoclaving

pluralautoclavings

Questions about autoclaving

What does autoclaving mean?
Autoclaving means sterilization in an autoclave.
What is autoclaving the present participle and gerund of?
Autoclaving is the present participle and gerund of autoclave.
What part of speech is autoclaving?
Autoclaving is a noun.
What is the plural of autoclaving?
The plural of autoclaving is autoclavings.

Words near autoclaving in the dictionary

  1. autoclavation
  2. autoclavations
  3. autoclave
  4. autoclaved
  5. autoclaves
  6. autoclaving
  7. autoclavings
  8. autocleaning
  9. autocleavable
  10. autocleavage
  11. autocleave

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