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- Dictionarytube/tjuːb/
noun
- 1. a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases: "a plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled"
- 2. a thing in the form of or resembling a tube.
verb
- 1. fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy. informal
- 2. convey in a tube: "the wells were flooded, and this water, tubed off, yielded a supply of 38,000 gallons per hour"
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Jul 3, 2024 · Electron tube, device usually consisting of a sealed glass or metal-ceramic enclosure that is used in electronic circuitry to control a flow of electrons. Among the common applications of vacuum tubes are amplification of a weak current, rectification of an alternating current (AC) to direct.
Jul 10, 2024 · Tube or cup-like structure in a flower that includes the bases of sepals, petals, and stamens, and may or may not be connected ( adnate) to the ovary.
Jul 4, 2024 · While the stereotype of men always wanting sex and women doing what they can to avoid it might ring true for some, there are women who feel ruled by sexual desire.
Jun 30, 2024 · The water flows from a constant head apparatus through a horizontal capillary tube and is then collected by a beaker; the time for a given volume to be collected is measured. The pressure difference between the two ends of the capillary tube is h r g where r is the density of the liquid.
Jun 14, 2024 · Laminar flow, type of fluid (gas or liquid) flow in which the fluid travels smoothly or in regular paths, in contrast to turbulent flow, in which the fluid undergoes irregular fluctuations and mixing. In laminar flow, the velocity, pressure, and other flow properties at each point in the fluid.
Jul 9, 2024 · Basic details. A "sliced and unrolled" representation of a carbon nanotube as a strip of a graphene molecule, overlaid on a diagram of the full molecule (faint background). The arrow shows the gap A2 where the atom A1 on one edge of the strip would fit in the opposite edge, as the strip is rolled up.
Jul 2, 2024 · Venturi tube, short pipe with a constricted inner surface, used to measure fluid flows and as a pump. The 18th–19th-century Italian physicist Giovanni Battista Venturi, observing the effects of constricted channels on fluid flow, designed an instrument with a narrow throat in the middle; fluid.
Jul 11, 2024 · Here are four steps to help your church become welcoming for young adults. 1. Define young adults. The first issue with defining young adults is that “young” is relative. Young is not age; it’s a mindset. Using it as a term to reach an age group quickly becomes problematic.
Jul 1, 2024 · Amazon, which turns 30 on July 5th, has indeed changed the world of online shopping. This year its websites will sell an estimated $554bn-worth of goods in America, reckons JPMorgan Chase, a bank ...
Jul 8, 2024 · Advocate for trans rights but defender of female-only spaces, how may the women and equalities minister’s views define her future policies?
