CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

Synonyms:

chromatography column; column

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chromatography column" is a kind of...):

tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)

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