"cold finger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold fingers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold finger (plural cold fingers)
  1. (chemistry) A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating a cold spot on a surface. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (laboratory equipment): kylmäsormi (Finnish), hidegujj (Hungarian), zimny palec [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cold_finger-en-noun-QD3J7wa3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'laboratory equipment': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, finger.
    Sense id: en-cold_finger-en-noun-ijXfSaUb

Inflected forms

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