0 a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids or gases: --
1 a long, thin container made of soft metal or plastic that is closed at one end and has a small hole at the other, usually with a cover, used for storing thick liquids: --
a tube of lager
a tube of toothpaste
2 London's underground train system: --
3 the television: --
What's on the tube this weekend?
4 a long, hollow cylinder of plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, used for moving or containing liquids or gases: --
5 a cylindrical container made of soft metal or plastic which is closed at one end and has a small opening at the other, usually with a cover, and is used for holding thick liquids: --
a tube of toothpaste/ointment
As the stretched tube moves downstream, the tilting becomes more pronounced with increasing time.
A tube sorbent was plugged between a 'plant chamber' and an 'odour chamber' of a dual choice arena.
The inner-tube domains appear to be more globular than the outer-tube domains.
Approximately every sixth day, an exchange of the membrane oxygenators and tubes is necessary because of plasma leakage or loss of function.
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.
The airstream directs the pollen up a tube having openings, at several different points along its length, through which the pollen is dispersed.
Seventeen of the 99 patients were admitted with a feeding tube in place and half received a new feeding tube.
Enteral feeding tubes are often used in this situation, yet benefits and risks of thistherapy are unclear.
