bottiglia pilota

English translation: test bottle

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Italian term or phrase:bottiglia pilota
English translation:test bottle
Entered by: Oliver Lawrence

12:41 Oct 25, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Italian term or phrase: bottiglia pilota
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 :).
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 01:56
test bottle
Explanation:
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
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4 +4test bottle
Lionel_M (X)
3control test-tube/bottle
cilantro
3sample bottle
Eileen Cartoon


  

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test bottle


Explanation:
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

Lionel_M (X)
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control test-tube/bottle


Explanation:
It's been a while since I took my biology, but in experiments the terminology is to use a "control".

cilantro
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sample bottle


Explanation:
It is a bottle that is used as a sample representative of the other bottles.

Eileen Cartoon
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