Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In bacteriology, a ventilating tube of some culture-tubes; a slender straight or curved tube attached to the upper part of the main tube, and containing the plug of raw cotton.

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  • The steam, as it escapes under high pressure, becomes filled with globules of water which rub against the sides of the vent-tube, and this is so shaped as to facilitate their formation.

    Religion and Chemistry 1880

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