The Collaborative International Dictionary
Graduated \Grad"u*a"ted\, a.
Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.
(Zo["o]l.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
-
Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below.
Graduated cylinder, Graduated flask, Graduated tube, Graduated bottle, Graduated cap, Graduated glass a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels.
Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.
Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely.
WordNet
n. a cylindrical graduate
Wikipedia
A graduated cylinder, measuring cylinder or mixing cylinder is a common piece of laboratory equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid. It has a narrow cylindrical shape. Each marked line on the graduated cylinder represents the amount of liquid that has been measured.
Usage examples of "graduated cylinder".
I murmured, filling my graduated cylinder with spring water and squinting to make sure I read it properly.
Margo turned the glass stopcock, stopping the flow of solution, and recorded the level on the graduated cylinder.