rubber tube

collocation in English

meaningsofrubberandtube

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rubber
noun
uk
/ˈrʌb.ər/us
/ˈrʌb.ɚ/
an elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees ...
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tube
noun
uk
/tʃuːb/us
/tuːb/
a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids ...
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(Definition ofrubberandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrubber tube

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Hysteresis, due to dry friction between the netting and therubbertube, makes control of such a device rather complicated.
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In these experiments either water or air flow has been studied in a segment ofrubbertube.
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Then, they insert a bigrubbertubedown that.
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At one end a balloon is fixed, and arubbertubeis placed on the other end.
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Using linear, direct sensing of mass per unit volume, measurement system within a reinforcedrubbertube.
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This piece is a simple column made of asbestos that crushes arubbertube.
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Coolant in the cylinder jackets absorbed engine heat and rose convectively "via" arubbertubeto the radiator.
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The method has been, where practicable, feeding by means of teaspoon or from a feeding cup, but where necessary the softrubbertubein use in hospitals has been employed.
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Connected to the ampule was a shortrubbertubewith a needle at the end, using a small glass tube as a cap.
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We sang in a tiny bare room and into a big tin trumpet, which was connected direct to the recording needle by arubbertube.
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The cracks are always oriented at right angles to the strain axis, so will form around the circumference in arubbertubebent over.
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Once the pilot was in, the canopy was locked in place with four toggles and sealed with an inflatablerubbertube.
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His next idea was to use a flexiblerubbertubeconnecting the diver's mouth to an air intake on the surface supported by a float.
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It is entered by a widerubbertubeat the umbilicus: this tube is folded and tied off before the diver dives.
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Vaucanson is credited as having invented the world's first flexiblerubbertubewhile in the process of building the duck's intestines.
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This kind of strain gauge consists of a small amount of liquid mercury enclosed in a smallrubbertube, which is applied around e.g., a toe or leg.
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On depressing a lever the propellant gas forced the flammable oil into and through arubbertubeand over a simple igniting wick device in a steel nozzle.
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