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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a little wire clamp which, when pressed upon by the finger and thumb or by turning a screw, serves partly or completely to close an india-rubber tube over which it fits and thereby obstructs the flow of a liquid or a gas. Various special forms are known as Mohr's clamp, Hofmann's clamp, etc.
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