Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
bottiglia pilota
English translation:
test bottle
Added to glossary by
Oliver Lawrence
Oct 25, 2009 12:41
14 yrs ago
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Italian term
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bottiglia pilota
Italian to English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
From a set of sterilization instructions for a microbiology lab: "Verificare il pH alla temperatura indicata dal fornitore. Nel caso di terreni preparati in bottiglie, verificare il pH in una ***bottiglia pilota*** da 100 ml sterilizzata con lo stesso ciclo di sterilizzazione".
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Does this just mean 'in a bottle used as a test', or is there a specific technical term? 'Pilot bottle' does come up on the net, but I'd prefer some endorsement from someone with some specialist knowledge, if possible. TIA :).
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Does this just mean 'in a bottle used as a test', or is there a specific technical term? 'Pilot bottle' does come up on the net, but I'd prefer some endorsement from someone with some specialist knowledge, if possible. TIA :).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | test bottle |
Lionel_M (X)
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| 3 | control test-tube/bottle |
cilantro
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| 3 | sample bottle |
Eileen Cartoon
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Proposed translations
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test bottle
Used to test indeed the pH of the culture medium.
May be, an alternaive could be "sample bottle" but IMO is the most frequent terminology for that purpose
May be, an alternaive could be "sample bottle" but IMO is the most frequent terminology for that purpose
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Comment: "merci"
15 mins
control test-tube/bottle
It's been a while since I took my biology, but in experiments the terminology is to use a "control".
48 mins
sample bottle
It is a bottle that is used as a sample representative of the other bottles.
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