Tube
noun
A long, hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe that liquid or gas can flow through.
He put the gases in a glass tube for the experiment.
Often appears as...
- test tube
- inner tube
noun
A device that changes electrical signals into sounds or pictures, used in televisions and radios.
The old TV uses a cathode ray tube.
Often appears as...
- cathode ray tube
- vacuum tube
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Technical
noun
The system of trains in London, also known as the 'underground'.
I take the tube to work every morning.
Often appears as...
- ride the tube
- tube station
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Colloquial
noun
A narrow plastic container that you squeeze to get out the substance inside, usually toothpaste or some type of cream.
Can you pass me the tube of toothpaste?
Often appears as...
- tube of toothpaste
- squeeze the tube
noun
A long, hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe that liquid or gas can flow through.
He put the gases in a glass tube for the experiment.
Often appears as...
- test tube
- inner tube
noun
A device that changes electrical signals into sounds or pictures, used in televisions and radios.
The old TV uses a cathode ray tube.
Often appears as...
- cathode ray tube
- vacuum tube
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The system of trains in London, also known as the 'underground'.
I take the tube to work every morning.
Often appears as...
- ride the tube
- tube station
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A narrow plastic container that you squeeze to get out the substance inside, usually toothpaste or some type of cream.
Can you pass me the tube of toothpaste?
Often appears as...
- tube of toothpaste
- squeeze the tube
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
The term is often used in construction, plumbing, or laboratory settings.
The workers installed a new water tube in the building.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Use
In science, 'tube' may refer to specialized equipment, like a test tube.
Pour the solution into the tube carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Shape Recognition
Anything cylindrical and hollow can be referred to as a 'tube'.
We used cardboard tubes for our art project.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
The term is often used in construction, plumbing, or laboratory settings.
The workers installed a new water tube in the building.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Use
In science, 'tube' may refer to specialized equipment, like a test tube.
Pour the solution into the tube carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Shape Recognition
Anything cylindrical and hollow can be referred to as a 'tube'.
We used cardboard tubes for our art project.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
The term is often used in construction, plumbing, or laboratory settings.
The workers installed a new water tube in the building.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Use
In science, 'tube' may refer to specialized equipment, like a test tube.
Pour the solution into the tube carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Shape Recognition
Anything cylindrical and hollow can be referred to as a 'tube'.
We used cardboard tubes for our art project.
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
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How smart are...
In another experiment, orangutans figured out how to reach peanuts at the bottom of long tubes by spitting water into them. While orangutans are able to pass cognitive tests with flying colors, there are certain problems that they need our help to solve. Indonesia has the world's highest rate of deforestation,
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Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
that maybe we could make infection resistant catheters or stents or breathing tubes and then finally I'm just telling you one little vignette that's about Pseudomonas we work on lots of globally important pathogens in my lab and we're having similar success doing these kinds of strategies in other
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
Shy but ambitious pig farmers, however, can purchase a -- this is true -- a sow vibrator, that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate. Because, as I mentioned, the clitoris is inside the vagina. So possibly, you know, a little more arousing than it looks. And I also said to her,
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Forget the maglev train. They want to use magnetic levitation to transport capsules of people through depressurized tubes at speeds of up to 700 miles an hour. This would be the world's most efficient transport system if they can get it to work.
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How To Time Travel PIPE...
so wormhole is basically a thin tube of space that connects to very very distant parts of space so it's almost like a tunnel it's a little part of space you go in there and you pop out somewhere else in the universe on tunnel through
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How menstruation works -...
The tiny oocyte moves along the fallopian tube. A pregnancy can only occur if the egg is fertilized by a sperm cell within the next 24 hours. Otherwise, the egg's escapade ends, and the window for pregnancy closes for that month.
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How transistors work -...
thus, enabling fast current-switching. The ability to amplify signals also made the triode crucial for radio and long distance communication. But despite these advancements, vacuum tubes were unreliable and bulky.
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What happens when you...
followed by problems with thinking and memory that can, in some cases, even result in dementia. The culprit is a protein called tau. Usually, tau proteins support tiny tubes inside our axons called microtubules.
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Octopus In The Living...
over her head it's very nice now she at least will know that the tube and the environment have interesting possibilities laurel is also going to be helping me take care of the octopus
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
Video examples
How smart are...
In another experiment, orangutans figured out how to reach peanuts at the bottom of long tubes by spitting water into them. While orangutans are able to pass cognitive tests with flying colors, there are certain problems that they need our help to solve. Indonesia has the world's highest rate of deforestation,
Video examples
Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
that maybe we could make infection resistant catheters or stents or breathing tubes and then finally I'm just telling you one little vignette that's about Pseudomonas we work on lots of globally important pathogens in my lab and we're having similar success doing these kinds of strategies in other
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
Shy but ambitious pig farmers, however, can purchase a -- this is true -- a sow vibrator, that hangs on the sperm feeder tube to vibrate. Because, as I mentioned, the clitoris is inside the vagina. So possibly, you know, a little more arousing than it looks. And I also said to her,
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Forget the maglev train. They want to use magnetic levitation to transport capsules of people through depressurized tubes at speeds of up to 700 miles an hour. This would be the world's most efficient transport system if they can get it to work.
Video examples
How To Time Travel PIPE...
so wormhole is basically a thin tube of space that connects to very very distant parts of space so it's almost like a tunnel it's a little part of space you go in there and you pop out somewhere else in the universe on tunnel through
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
The tiny oocyte moves along the fallopian tube. A pregnancy can only occur if the egg is fertilized by a sperm cell within the next 24 hours. Otherwise, the egg's escapade ends, and the window for pregnancy closes for that month.
Video examples
How transistors work -...
thus, enabling fast current-switching. The ability to amplify signals also made the triode crucial for radio and long distance communication. But despite these advancements, vacuum tubes were unreliable and bulky.
Video examples
What happens when you...
followed by problems with thinking and memory that can, in some cases, even result in dementia. The culprit is a protein called tau. Usually, tau proteins support tiny tubes inside our axons called microtubules.
Video examples
Octopus In The Living...
over her head it's very nice now she at least will know that the tube and the environment have interesting possibilities laurel is also going to be helping me take care of the octopus
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
The end of life is likely to be an important focus for innovation. Most people die in hospitals, tied up with tubes and with their bodies pumped full of drugs. Yet most would rather die at home and with more control over the timing and manner of their death.
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Joan Rivers
American Comedian
Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond when any kind of quality of life is left at all.
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Mandy Harvey
American Musician
My feeling of security really went down the tubes when I couldn't hear anymore. When it got dark, I'd get very afraid because I can't hear people coming up behind me.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.
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Jack Kevorkian
American Activist
I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
I don't come up with ideas in a test tube; I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes. That's how I've always been.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
I have a fear of tubes and tunnels. Going through any tunnel causes me great anxiety.
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John Dyer
Artist
I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.
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Rob Kardashian
American Celebrity
No one wants to see a boring tube sock.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
The end of life is likely to be an important focus for innovation. Most people die in hospitals, tied up with tubes and with their bodies pumped full of drugs. Yet most would rather die at home and with more control over the timing and manner of their death.
Quote examples
Joan Rivers
American Comedian
Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I'm being funny, but I'm reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we're going down the tube.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond when any kind of quality of life is left at all.
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Mandy Harvey
American Musician
My feeling of security really went down the tubes when I couldn't hear anymore. When it got dark, I'd get very afraid because I can't hear people coming up behind me.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.
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Jack Kevorkian
American Activist
I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
I don't come up with ideas in a test tube; I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes. That's how I've always been.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
I have a fear of tubes and tunnels. Going through any tunnel causes me great anxiety.
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John Dyer
Artist
I apply paint directly from the tube and with my fingers.
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Rob Kardashian
American Celebrity
No one wants to see a boring tube sock.
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