pneumatic trough
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.
Example Sentences
- "The pneumatic trough used at Calne was larger than that he had used in Leeds, and fresh water was not so conveniently at hand."