Definition of Tubeful

1. as much as a tube can hold [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubeful

tube foot
tube sock
tube socks
tube steak
tube steaks
tube teeth
tube top
tube tops
tube well
tube wrench
tubectomy
tubed
tubed flap
tubed pedicle flap
tubeform
tubeful (current term)
tubefuls
tubelength mechanical
tubelength optical
tubeless
tubeless tire
tubelike
tubenose
tubenoses
tuber
tuber anterius
tuber calcanei
tuber calcis
tuber cinereum
tuber cochleae

Literary usage of Tubeful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Methods of Analysis by R E Doolittle, Harvey W Wiley (1920)
"Cool slightly, add 500 cc. of the w tion, and distil, at the rate of 1 tubeful in 15 minutes, into 50 cc, ammonia ceases to be given off (4 or 5 tubes are ..."

2. Chemistry: General, Medical, and Pharmaceutical, Including the Chemistry of by John Attfield (1876)
"Thirdly, they represent single and equal volumes of chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen. It will be remembered that one test-tubeful of hydrogen and an equal ..."

3. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"One-half of a test-tubeful of urine is mixed with an equal amount of hydrochloric acid, and 2 drops of a freshly prepared solution of chlorinated lime are ..."

4. Chemistry: General, Medical, and Pharmaceutical, Including the Chemistry of by John Attfield (1879)
"It wdl be remembered that one test-tubeful of hydrogen and an equal sized test-tubeful of chlorine were employed in a previous experiment in forming ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual of Physiological Chemistry by Elbert William Rockwood (1919)
"If the urine contains much bilirubin, shake a large test tubeful or more of urine ... Shake a test tubeful of the urine with a small amount of milk of lime, ..."

6. Laboratory Exercises to Accompany First Principles of Chemistry by Raymond Bedell Brownlee, Robert Warren Fuller, William J. Hancock, Michael Druck Sohon, Jesse Elon Whitsit (1917)
"How could you prove that a substance given you was an ammonium salt ? / . Figure 34. On a piece of paper, mix a quarter of a test-tubeful of ammonium ..."

7. Laboratory Exercises to Accompany First Principles of Chemistry by Raymond Bedell Brownlee (1908)
"How could you prove that a substance given you was an ammonium salt ? (eT) Mix, on a piece of paper, a quarter of a test-tubeful of ammonium chloride with a ..."

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