kipp's apparatus

1. 1.

   a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating

   Broaderapparatus

Questions about kipp's apparatus

What does kipp's apparatus mean?

kipp's apparatus means "a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas (usually hydrogen sulfide) by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating".

Is kipp's apparatus a common word?

kipp's apparatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.