graduated cylinder
noun
: a tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids
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To measure fossil brain volume, anthropologists have traditionally filled skulls with beads or seeds, and dumped the contents into a graduated cylinder (a precise measuring cup).
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Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2018
While some tinkered with microscopes and graduated cylinders, others were searching the stars.
—Doug Main, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2018
Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2018
While some tinkered with microscopes and graduated cylinders, others were searching the stars.
—Doug Main, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of graduated cylinder was
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graduated cylinder
noun
: a tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids
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