Erlenmeyer flask

English

An Erlenmeyer flask.

Etymology

Named after German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who invented it in 1861.

Noun

Erlenmeyer flask (plural Erlenmeyer flasks)

1. (chemistry) A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions or carry out titrations.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265:

     An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.

Synonyms

• conical flask
• erlenmeyer

Translations

conical laboratory flask

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 錐形瓶／锥形瓶 (zeoi¹ jing⁴ ping⁴)

  Mandarin: 錐形瓶／锥形瓶 (zhuīxíngpíng), 三角燒瓶／三角烧瓶 (sānjiǎo shāopíng)

• Danish: erlenmeyerkolbe c, konisk kolbe c
• Finnish: erlenmeyerkolvi
• French: erlenmeyer (fr)
• German: Erlenmeyerkolben m
• Hungarian: Erlenmeyer-lombik
• Italian: beuta (it) f, matraccio di Erlenmeyer m
• Malay: kelalang kon (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: erlenmeyerkolbe m

  Nynorsk: erlenmeyerkolbe m

• Polish: erlenmajerka (pl) f
• Russian: ко́лба Э́рленме́йера f (kólba Érlenméjera), кони́ческая ко́лба f (koníčeskaja kólba)
• Swedish: E-kolv c, Erlenmeyerkolv c