TUBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tubing mean? 

• TUBING (noun)
  The noun TUBING has 1 sense:

1. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

  Familiarity information: TUBING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tube; tubing

Hypernyms ("tubing" is a kind of...):

conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tubing"):

pea shooter (a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target)

well point; wellpoint (a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area)

venturi (a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor))

torpedo tube (a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired)

test tube (glass tube closed at one end)

drinking straw; straw (a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth)

stent (a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis)

stem (the tube of a tobacco pipe)

speaking tube (a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another)

siphon; syphon (a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube)

silencer (short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing)

pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)

pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

barrel; gun barrel (a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired)

mouthpiece (the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth)

inner tube (an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire)

hose; hosepipe (a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas)

drain (tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material)

chromatography column; column (a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands)

coil (tubing that is wound in a spiral)

cigarette holder (a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked)

catheter (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open)

capillary; capillary tube; capillary tubing (a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action)

cannula (a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication)

blow tube; blowpipe; blowtube (a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat)

blow tube; blowgun; blowpipe; blowtube (a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing)

Derivation:

tube (convey in a tube)

 Context examples 

A vial that contains a parenteral preparation that can be attached directly to the tubing of a parenterally administered fluid.

(Piggyback Vial, NCI Thesaurus)

The tubing is then taped to the skin to hold it in place.

(Peripheral venous catheter, NCI Dictionary)