flexible tube

collocation in English

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flexible
adjective
uk
/ˈflek.sə.bəl/us
/ˈflek.sə.bəl/
able to change or be changed easily according to ...
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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 offlexibleandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflexible tube

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The water was supplied through a shortflexibletubefrom a burette.
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A number of "rollers", "shoes", or "wipers" attached to a rotor compresses theflexibletube.
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Together they form a longflexibletube, which is hung down the side of the building.
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When applying the injection port, an insertion needle guides a soft cannula (a small,flexibletube) under the skin.
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When the snail detects a prey animal nearby, it extends a longflexibletubecalled a proboscis towards the prey.
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This is similar to aflexibletubeor pipe with fluid in it that is being pinched shut.
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It contains fluid within aflexibletubefitted inside a circular pump casing (though linear peristaltic pumps have been made).
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The end of theflexibletubewas connected to the mouthpiece by a short quarter-circle of hard tube.
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The fluid is contained within aflexibletubefitted inside a circular pump casing (though linear peristaltic pumps have been made).
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A rotor with a number of rollers, shoes, wipers, or lobes attached to the external circumference of the rotor compresses theflexibletube.
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A smallflexibletube(nasogastric tube) may be inserted from the nose into the stomach to help decompress the dilated bowel.
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In most uses, catheter is a thin,flexibletube(soft catheter) though catheters are available in varying levels of stiffness depending on the application.
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It is a smallflexibletubemeasuring about 40mm in length which is inserted under the skin by a doctor (typically the upper arm).
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Under sedation, a catheter inside a bronchoscopea thin,flexibletube-like instrument introduced through the patients nose or mouth, and into their lungsdelivers thermal energy into the airways.
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The common thread between them is having a narrow screened receptacle, a stem (which may be a longflexibletubeas on hookahs and vaporizers), and a mouthpiece.
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Or the cells can be inflated orally that is by blowing into aflexibletubewith a one-way valve to seal the air in the cell.
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A contraceptive implant is a smallflexibletubemeasuring about 40mm in length which is inserted under the skin by a doctor (typically the upper arm).
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A special clip may be placed over the end of theflexibletubesurrounding the connector tip to prevent the hose from slipping off the connector.
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