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fume hood

fume hood noun: a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.

Noun

fume hood (plural fume hoods)

  1. A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.
    • He turned the downstairs drawing room into a lab, installing a furnace, crucible, and fume hood, and stocking it with hundreds of beakers, flasks, pipes, and balances.2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 27

fume hood meaning in Tamil

fume hood in Tamil

ஆவி வாங்கி

Forms of fume hood

pluralfume hoods

Questions about fume hood

What does fume hood mean?
Fume hood means a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.
What is fume hood in Tamil?
Fume hood in Tamil is ஆவி வாங்கி. See Fume hood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fume hood?
Fume hood is a noun.
What is the plural of fume hood?
The plural of fume hood is fume hoods.

Words near fume hood in the dictionary

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  3. fume cupboards
  4. fume date
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  6. fume hood
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  10. fumehood
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