closed at one end
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A barometer is a glass tube that is closed at one end, filled with a nonvolatile liquid such as mercury, and then inverted and immersed in a container of that liquid.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
One is open at both ends, whereas the other is closed at one end.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Note that a tube open at both ends has a fundamental frequency twice what it would have if closed at one end.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Figure 17.32 The throat and mouth form an air column closed at one end that resonates in response to vibrations in the voice box.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
In 1643, Torricelli took a long tube that was closed at one end and filled it with mercury.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
