Test-tube


adjective
1.
produced in or as if in a test tube; synthetic or experimental.
noun
1.
a hollow cylinder of thin glass with one end closed, used in chemical and biological experimentation and analysis.
noun
1.
a cylindrical round-bottomed glass tube open at one end: used in scientific experiments
2.
(modifier) made synthetically in, or as if in, a test tube: a test-tube product

test-tube adj.

Produced or cultivated in a test tube.

Conceived by or developed from fertilization in laboratory apparatus or by artificial insemination.

test tube n.
A clear, cylindrical glass tube usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used in laboratory experimentation.
test tube
(těst)
A cylindrical tube of clear glass, usually open at one end and rounded at the other, used as a container for small amounts of a substance in laboratory tests and experiments.

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