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Meaning of "watch-glass" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATCH-GLASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATCH-GLASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Watch-Glass 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 WATCH-GLASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of watch-glass in the English dictionary

The definition of watch-glass in the dictionary is a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch. Other definition of watch-glass is a similarly shaped piece of glass used in laboratories for evaporating small samples of a solution, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATCH-GLASS

watch chain
Watch Committee
watch fire
watch it!
watch night
watch night service
watch one´s step
watch out
watch pocket
watch stem
watchable
watchband
watchbox
watchcase
watchcry
watchdog
watchdog committee
watchdogged
watchdogging
watcher

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATCH-GLASS

class
eyeglass
fiberglass
fibreglass
frosted glass
glass
green glass
ground glass
hourglass
looking glass
looking-glass
magnifying glass
milk glass
plexiglass
shot glass
spyglass
stained glass
sunglass
Tiffany glass
window glass
wine glass

Synonyms and antonyms of watch-glass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «watch-glass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATCH-GLASS

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

Translator English - Chinese

手表玻璃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vidrio de reloj
570 millions of speakers

English

watch-glass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घड़ी की गिलास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساعة من الزجاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часы - стекло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relógio de vidro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘড়ির কাচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

verre de montre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelas menonton
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Uhrglas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

時計皿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시계 유리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaca tontonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xem kính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடிகாரம் கண்ணாடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घड्याळाच्या काच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

watch-cam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetro d´orologio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zegarek szkła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годинник- скло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sticlă de ceas
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύαλο ωρολογίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

horlosieglas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

urglaset
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

se- glass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of watch-glass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCH-GLASS»

The term «watch-glass» is regularly used and occupies the 71.568 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCH-GLASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «watch-glass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «watch-glass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about watch-glass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATCH-GLASS»

Discover the use of watch-glass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to watch-glass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
In re-forming the original film, as above described, the wine-glass may be held either horizontally, vertically, or even inverted entirely with the watch-glass held beneath it. (3.) If, after forming the concave film, as in the first experiment, we raise ...
‎1869
2
Chemistry
Over the beaker place the watch glass containing tap water and set the experiment as shown in the figure. Heat the contents of the beaker, the water starts boiling, the steam produced evaporates the water in the watch glass slowly. Continue ...
3
Chemistry in the Laboratory
Because stearic acid is one of the fatty acids present in soaps, you must not clean your watch glass with soap. Any soap, grease, or dirt present can form a film on the water that prevents the stearic acid from spreading on the surface, leading to  ...
James M. Postma, Julian L. Robert, J. Leland Hollenberg, 2004
4
Safety-Scale Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry for Today
While the solid is dissolving, weigh a clean, dry watch glass on the same balance you used in Steps 2 and 3. The watch glass should have a diameter large enough to allow it to cover the mouth of the beaker used to make your boiling— water ...
Spencer Seager, Michael Slabaugh, 2013
5
U.S. Geological Survey Circular
2. Place a 3-inch watch gla hard, light-colored surface. on a smooth, level, (2) A light-colored background is helpful when removing particles from the watch glass after swirling. 3. Place a small amount (5 ml) of the aqueous suspension in ...
‎1980
6
Circular
2. Place a 3-inch watch glass on a smooth, level, hard, light-colored surface. 3. Place a small amount (5 ml) of the aqueous suspension in watch glass. Allow to settle for one minute. (2) A light-colored background is helpful when removing ...
‎1980
7
Congressional serial set
EUROPE'S WATCH-GLASS TRUST. WHY THE UNITED STATES IS NOT INDEPENDENT OF IT. Consul George Eugene Eager, of Barmen, Germany, in answer to an inquiry from an American manufacturer why watch glasses are not ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1907
8
Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents Selected for Laboratories ...
Watch Glass, with concave center and a small facet on the bottom; 45 mm diameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 9838. Watch Glasses, in Pairs, with edges accurately ground together, for use with clamps. These are not to be confused with counterpoised ...
Thomas, Arthur H., company, Philadelphia, 1921
9
Cyclopædia of the diseases of children
1, a small watch-glass, is nearly full of the aniline- waUT coloring mixture above mentioned ; in No. 2, which should be a large watch-glass, is a considerable quantity of dilute nitric acid (1 to 3) ; in No. 3, also a large watch-glass, is a ...
‎1889
10
Distal Impact Ejecta Layers: A Record of Large Impacts in ...
We pour a small amount of the coarsest size fraction of a sample into a small (*8 cm diameter) watch glass. The watch glass is inside a small shallow pan so that if we spill some of the sample, we can recover it. We use a watch glass because ...
Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson, 2012

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Watch-Glass [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/watch-glass>. May 2024 ».
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