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stir bar

stir bar noun: a short magnetic bar with a covering of, usually, Teflon; used with a magnetic stirrer in laboratory work to stir a chemical solution.

Noun

stir bar (plural stir bars)

  1. A short magnetic bar with a covering of, usually, Teflon; used with a magnetic stirrer in laboratory work to stir a chemical solution.

Forms of stir bar

pluralstir bars

Questions about stir bar

What does stir bar mean?
Stir bar means a short magnetic bar with a covering of, usually, Teflon; used with a magnetic stirrer in laboratory work to stir a chemical solution.
What part of speech is stir bar?
Stir bar is a noun.
What is the plural of stir bar?
The plural of stir bar is stir bars.

Words near stir bar in the dictionary

  1. stipulode
  2. stipulodes
  3. stipulæ
  4. stir
  5. stir a finger
  6. stir bar
  7. stir bars
  8. stir crazy
  9. stir fries
  10. stir fry
  11. stir frys

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