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kipp's apparatus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kip-p's ap-pa-ra-tus
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.

Etymology

From the surname of Petrus Jacobus Kipp, a 19ᵗʰ century Dutch chemist and instrument maker who invented this apparatus.

Synonyms

Kipp generator

Questions

What does kipp's apparatus mean?
A piece of laboratory glassware used to generate demonstration amounts of hydrogen sulfide and other gases, by the controlled reaction of a liquid with a solid.
Where does kipp's apparatus come from?
From the surname of Petrus Jacobus Kipp, a 19ᵗʰ century Dutch chemist and instrument maker who invented this apparatus.

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