🧫 Petri Dish Emoji

Technical Details

Name

Petri Dish

Short Name

:petri_dish:

Unicode

U+1F9EB

Unicode Version

11.0

Release Year

2018

Category

Objects

Subcategory

Science

Platform Support

Apple Google Twitter Facebook

Has Skin Tones

No

Platform Renderings

Unicode standard sample

Unicode

PETRI DISH emoji in Apple's design style - Unicode 1F9EB

Apple Style

PETRI DISH emoji in Google's design style - Unicode 1F9EB

Google Style

PETRI DISH emoji in Twitter's design style - Unicode 1F9EB

Twitter Style

PETRI DISH emoji in Facebook's design style - Unicode 1F9EB

Facebook Style

SVG Code

<svg width="128" height="128" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text
    x="64"
    y="64"
    font-size="96"
    text-anchor="middle"
    dominant-baseline="middle"
    font-family="serif"
  >🧫</text>
</svg>

Emoji Meaning

Meaning

A petri dish, a small, shallow, circular glass or plastic dish with a lid, used in laboratories to culture microorganisms. It typically contains a nutrient medium for growing bacteria, fungi, or other cells. The dish is usually depicted as transparent with a white or colored lid, often filled with a green or blue substance representing the culture medium. Symbolizes scientific research, microbiology, and laboratory work.

Common Uses

  • Referring to laboratory experiments: 'Just finished culturing bacteria in the 🧫'
  • Indicating scientific or medical context: 'New research published on the 🧫'
  • Joking about biological or chemical processes: 'My coffee this morning was a 🧫 of experiments!'

Example Sentences

  • The lab technician carefully placed the sample into the 🧫 for incubation.
  • Dr. Smith's latest paper discusses the growth patterns observed in the 🧫.
  • I swear, my kitchen feels like a 🧫 of culinary experiments every weekend!

Frequently Asked Questions