test tube

English

Alternative forms

• test-tube

Noun

Wikipedia test tube (plural test tubes)

1. (chemistry) a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other; used for small-scale laboratory tests

Translations

glass tube

Czech: zkumavka (cs) f. Danish: reagensglas (da) n. Dutch: reageerbuis (nl) f. Finnish: koeputki (fi) French: tube à essai (fr), éprouvette (fr) f. German: Reagenzglas (de) n. Greek: δοκιμαστικός σωλήνας (el) m. Hebrew: מבחנה (he) (mavhena) f.

Hungarian: kémcső (hu) Italian: provetta (it) f. Malay: tabung uji (ms) Polish: próbówka (pl) f. Russian: пробирка (ru) (probírka) f. Spanish: tubo de ensayo (es) m. Turkish: deney tüpü (tr)

Adjective

test tube (not comparable)

1. produced in a test tube
2. conceived or developed in vitro by artificial insemination

Derived terms

• test tube baby