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It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.
Max Lucado

Meaning of "Petri dish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PETRI DISH

Named after J. R. Petri (1852–1921), German bacteriologist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PETRI DISH

Petri dish  [ˈpɛtrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETRI DISH

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adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petri dish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETRI DISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Petri dish

A Petri dish, named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri, is a shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells – most often bacteria – or small mosses. Modern Petri dishes usually feature rings and/or slots on their lids and bases so that when stacked, they are less prone to sliding off one another. Multiple dishes can also be incorporated into one plastic container to create a "multi-well plate". While glass Petri dishes may be reused after sterilization – via, for example, an autoclave or one hour's dry-heating in a hot-air oven at 160 °C – plastic Petri dishes are often used in a disposable fashion in experiments where cultures might contaminate each other.

Definition of Petri dish in the English dictionary

The definition of Petri dish in the dictionary is a shallow circular flat-bottomed dish, often with a fitting cover, used in laboratories, esp for producing cultures of microorganisms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETRI DISH


ancestry
ˈænsɛstrɪ
biochemistry
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ
cemetery
ˈsɛmɪtrɪ
chemistry
ˈkɛmɪstrɪ
country
ˈkʌntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
dentistry
ˈdɛntɪstrɪ
entry
ˈɛntrɪ
forestry
ˈfɒrɪstrɪ
geometry
dʒɪˈɒmɪtrɪ
industry
ˈɪndəstrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
ministry
ˈmɪnɪstrɪ
pantry
ˈpæntrɪ
Petrie
ˈpɛtrɪ
planometry
plæˈnɒmɛtrɪ
poetry
ˈpəʊɪtrɪ
poultry
ˈpəʊltrɪ
registry
ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ
secretary
ˈsɛkrətrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETRI DISH

Petra
petrale
Petrarch
Petrarchan
Petrarchan sonnet
petrary
petrel
petrichor
Petrie
petrifaction
petrifactive
petrific
petrification
petrified
Petrified Forest
petrifier
petrifies
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petrifying
Petrine

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETRI DISH

baking dish
butter dish
casserole dish
chafing dish
cheese dish
childish
dish
fireproof dish
fruit dish
kidney dish
Kurdish
made dish
pie dish
salad dish
satellite dish
serving dish
side dish
Swedish
vegetable dish
Yiddish

Synonyms and antonyms of Petri dish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Petri dish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETRI DISH

Find out the translation of Petri dish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Petri dish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Petri dish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

培养皿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

placa de Petri
570 millions of speakers

English

Petri dish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेट्री डिश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

طبق بتري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Чашка Петри
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

placa de Petri
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেটী ডিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boîte de Pétri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidangan Petri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Petrischale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペトリ皿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페트리 접시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petri dish
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đĩa Petri
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெட்ரி டிஷ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक काचेची व प्लास्टिकची झाकण असलेली डबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Petri kabı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piastra Petri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Petriego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чашка Петрі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Petri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρυβλίο Petri
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petribakkie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Petriskål
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

petriskål
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Petri dish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETRI DISH»

The term «Petri dish» is regularly used and occupies the 75.730 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETRI DISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Petri dish

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2 QUOTES WITH «PETRI DISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Petri dish.
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Bruce Lipton
If you have pendulum clocks on the wall and start them all at different times, after a while the pendulums will all swing in synchronicity. The same thing happens with heart cells in a Petri dish: They start beating in rhythm even when they're not touching one another.
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Max Lucado
It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETRI DISH»

Discover the use of Petri dish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Petri dish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plants
Paper towels or filter paper Scissors Water Seeds (mung bean, tomato, lettuce, radish) Transparent tape or masking tape Medicine dropper Diagram 1 petri dish Place the bottom half of the petri dish on the table so that the open side is down.
Joel Beller, Carl Raab, 1998
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So What's in the Petri Dish, Dr. Periwinkle?
Michael Fontaine. and a decision that could possibly change your future in a huge way is going to be decided not as much by scientists, but by politicians? That's exactly what Dr. Oliver Periwinkle learns only after a few months as Chair of the ...
Michael Fontaine, 2011
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Biology
First, a small sample of bacteria is quickly transferred from a tube where they have been stored to the surface of some agar in a Petri dish. The way this is done is shown in the pictures on the right. The Petri dish is then put in an incubator.
Michael Roberts, Neil Ingram, 2001
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Biology: A Functional Approach. Students' Manual
B Without delay pour the liquid agar containing the bacteria into a warm, sterilised petri dish. In doing this, avoid contamination by raising the lid of the petri dish only just enough to pour in the agar. (Warming the petri dish prevents water ...
M. B. V. Roberts, T. J. King, 1987
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Popular Science
The agar was then poured into a sterile Petri dish, where it cooled and solidified in a thin film. The cover of the dish was then removed and the medium exposed to the air for ten minutes. The cover was replaced and the dish set aside.
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Invasion Ecology
Record the weight of a petri dish bottom to the nearest 0.01 g. 2. Add about 20 g of soda lime to the petri dish and leave uncovered. If you will be measuring CO2 respiration for several soil samples, try to use the same amount of soda lime for ...
Marianne E. Krasny, 2003
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Fungi and Food Spoilage
The morphology of A. fumigatus is described in detail in Chapter 8, but it is readily recognisable in the unopened Petri dish: colonies are low, dull blue and broadly spreading, with a velvety texture; growth is very rapid at 378C, covering a Petri ...
John I. Pitt, Ailsa D. Hocking, 2009
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Microbiological Examination of Water and Wastewater
Hold the pipet at an angle of about 45° with the tip touching the bottom of petri dish or inside neck of the dilution bottle. Lift the cover of the petri dish just high enough to insert pipet. Allow 2 to 4 s for the liquid to drain from the 1 ml graduation ...
Maria Csuros, 1999
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Cancer Cell Culture: Methods and Protocols
Transfer 1 mL of the control cell suspension to each of the 3 labeled Petri dishes. Repeat for each of the drug treatments. Finally, add 4 mL of growth medium to each Petri dish (see Note 10). Place the Petri dishes in a plastic box and incubate  ...
Simon P. Langdon, 2004
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Cell Biology
Pour 90ml medium into glass petri dish containing six Transwell 3412 filters. Use 140ml for one Transwell 3419 filter. The petri dishes contain filter holders specially made to fit either 3412 or 3419 filters (Fig. 1). Autoclave these units before ...
Julio E. Celis, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETRI DISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Petri dish is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's in a name? Ask the Touchy Feely Graphics guy
Much of this silliness is being spawned right here in our own backyard, the high-tech petri dish that stretches from San Francisco to San Jose ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Why This 14-Year-Old Kid Built A Nuclear Reactor
He tested it with a Geiger counter and also dissected bits of her tumors and lungs, which she had coughed up, and threw them in a petri dish. «National Geographic, Jul 15»
3
'Dark Cloud' of ALEC Converges at Annual Corporate-Political …
The city has served as a “petri dish for ALEC's agenda,” he said, citing a successful and corporate-backed campaign that forced the city council ... «Firedoglake, Jul 15»
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PGA Tour rookies grew up on Tiger Woods, and rose with Jordan …
“This group of kids is a special petri dish of individuals,” said Sean Foley, Schniederjans's swing coach. “We might not see one like it for another ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Orlando City SC and New York City FC Take Different Paths in MLS
Major League Soccer, still in some ways a Petri dish of a professional sports league, has two new clubs this season. Along with Orlando, New ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Auditor's office just fine without Kelley | The Petri Dish
Political reporter Jerry Cornfield's blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com. Contact him at 360-352-8623; jcornfield@heraldnet.com and ... «Enumclaw Courier-Herald, Jul 15»
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The great weed experiment
Even if something worked at preclinical stage where cannabis is shown to have an effect in a petri dish that was no evidence that something ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Researchers turn human blood cells into micro-lasers
The process works by coaxing white blood cells in a petri dish to swallow, or absorb, a resonant cavity, or micro resonator -- a tiny bubble of ... «UPI.com, Jul 15»
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'The Stanford Prison Experiment' review: A masterful re-enaction
Within a few hours the subjects had essentially become their roles; within a few days the basement had become a petri dish teeming with ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
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Upstate researchers: stem cells hold promise for future treatments
The cells are combined in a petri dish with other tissues, like arthritic cartilage and bone donated by a patient who had a knee replacement, ... «Greenville News, Jul 15»

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