Meaning of tube in English

In a strict sense, there is nothing passive about removing a surgically implanted feeding tube or extubating a patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

But in case the supply of tubes is insufficient they should be transferred, as caught, into any dry bottle, such as a whisky bottle.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Eggs were counted after 24 h, at which time the female was transferred to a fresh tube.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Study of the membrane effect on turbulent mixing measurements in shock tubes.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Again, this means that it is unlikely for spermatozoa to reach the uterine tube after the arrival of the oocyte.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The shape of the bubble can be easily controlled in a vertical shock tube either with a soap-film-surrounded gaseous bubble or a gelatin-solid bubble.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Enteral feeding tubes are often used in this situation, yet benefits and risks of thistherapy are unclear.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Seventeen of the 99 patients were admitted with a feeding tube in place and half received a new feeding tube.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The airstream directs the pollen up a tube having openings, at several different points along its length, through which the pollen is dispersed.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Having examined unto them, however, he invariably finds them real and fights them with pseudo-kabbalistic spells, a rubber outfit, and dangerously overloaded vacuum tubes.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

Approximately every sixth day, an exchange of the membrane oxygenators and tubes is necessary because of plasma leakage or loss of function.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The inner-tube domains appear to be more globular than the outer-tube domains.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

A tube sorbent was plugged between a 'plant chamber' and an 'odour chamber' of a dual choice arena.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

As the stretched tube moves downstream, the tilting becomes more pronounced with increasing time.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

The elastic girder deforms differently when a different diameter tube is measured, thus resulting in a different output of the strain gauge transducer.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

See all examples of tube

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with tube

tube

These are words often used in combination with tube.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

boiler tube

The reactor was again shut down, and the moisture traced to a leaking boiler tube.

From the

Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0

brass tube

These were securely belted on to the end of the brass tube.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

breathing tube

It is a pendulum-type system with one breathing tube.

From

Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.

See all collocations with tube

What is the pronunciation of tube, the Tube?

Translations of tube

in Chinese (Traditional)

管子, （塑膠、金屬、橡膠或玻璃製成的）管，管子, （生物的）管狀器官，管，道…

Meaning of tube in English

tube noun (PIPE)

tube noun (CONTAINER)

tube noun (TRAIN)

tube noun (TELEVISION)

Idioms

tube | American Dictionary

tube noun (PIPE)

tube noun (CONTAINER)

tube noun (TELEVISION)

the Tube | Business English

Examples of tube

Collocations with tube

tube

Translations of tube

Browse

Learn more with +Plus

Learn more with +Plus