Meniscus

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For water in a measuring cylinder, read the bottom of this curve at eye level.

With the cylinder upright on a level surface, read the bottom of the water's meniscus at eye level. This is the object's volume.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container.

Check the value of each scale division. Read a liquid meniscus at eye level, not from above.

For liquid density, state separately that you read at eye level to avoid parallax error and read the bottom of the meniscus.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For water in a measuring cylinder, read the bottom of the curve at eye level.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For water in a measuring cylinder, read the bottom of the curve.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For a clear aqueous liquid with a concave surface, read the bottom of the curve at eye level.

The curved surface of a liquid, whose position can be read against a measuring scale.

As the shoot takes up water, the meniscus moves along the pipette’s scale. The change in the volume reading shows the volume absorbed.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For water in a measuring cylinder, read the bottom of the curve.

The curved surface of a liquid in a container. For water in a measuring cylinder, read the bottom of the curve at eye level.

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