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/grˈædʒuˌeɪtɪd sˈɪləndər/ Listen

adjective

Graduated adj.

Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

(Zool.) Tapered; said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.

Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below.

Graduated cylinder, Graduated flask, Graduated tube, Graduated bottle, Graduated cap, Graduated glass a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels.

Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

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Etymology of 'Graduated cylinder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Graduated cylinder" Quotes from Famous Books

... bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet^, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget