An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A portable vessel for liquids, typically cylindrical and often of glass or plastic with a narrow neck that can be closed. → magnetic bottle, → Leyden jar.

From O.Fr. bo(u)teille, from L.L. butticula diminutive of L. buttis "a cask."

Botri, loan from Fr. bouteille or E. bottle, as above.

Any configuration of → magnetic fields used in the containment of a → plasma during controlled → thermonuclear reaction experiments.

→ magnetic; → bottle.