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pneumatic troughs

pneumatic troughs is the plural of pneumatic trough.

Meaning of pneumatic trough

Noun

pneumatic trough (plural pneumatic troughs)

  1. A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.
    • The pneumatic trough used at Calne was larger than that he had used in Leeds, and fresh water was not so conveniently at hand.2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 94

Questions about pneumatic troughs

What is pneumatic troughs the plural of?
Pneumatic troughs is the plural of pneumatic trough.

Words near pneumatic troughs in the dictionary

  1. pneumatic devices
  2. pneumatic drill
  3. pneumatic drills
  4. pneumatic post
  5. pneumatic trough
  6. pneumatic troughs
  7. pneumatical
  8. pneumatically
  9. pneumaticities
  10. pneumaticity
  11. pneumaticize

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