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büchner funnel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
buch-n-er -fun-nel
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of laboratory equipment used for filtration; it is a ceramic funnel with a flat base on which the filter paper is laid flat; normally used with a vacuum pump.

Etymology

Named after the inventor, the industrial chemist Ernst Büchner.

Inflected Forms

Büchner funnels (plural)

Phrases

Büchner flask Hirsch funnel

Frequently Paired Words

Büchner flask Hirsch funnel

Questions

What does büchner funnel mean?
A piece of laboratory equipment used for filtration; it is a ceramic funnel with a flat base on which the filter paper is laid flat; normally used with a vacuum pump.
Where does büchner funnel come from?
Named after the inventor, the industrial chemist Ernst Büchner.

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