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Kipp's apparatus

Kipp's apparatus noun: a piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.

Noun

Kipp's apparatus

  1. A piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.
    Synonyms:
    Kipp generator

Synonyms of Kipp's apparatus

Origin of Kipp's apparatus

From the surname of Petrus Jacobus Kipp, a 19ᵗʰ century Dutch chemist and instrument maker who invented this apparatus.

Questions about Kipp's apparatus

What does Kipp's apparatus mean?
Kipp's apparatus means a piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.
What part of speech is Kipp's apparatus?
Kipp's apparatus is a noun.

Words near Kipp's apparatus in the dictionary

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  2. kipot
  3. Kipp
  4. Kipp generator
  5. Kipp generators
  6. Kipp's apparatus
  7. kippa
  8. kippage
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  10. kippah
  11. kippahed

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