burette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burette
1475–85; < French: cruet, burette ( Old French biurete ), equivalent to buire ewer, flagon (perhaps < Frankish *būrja receptacle, akin to Germanic *būr- hut; see bower 1) + -ette -ette
Example Sentences
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From the reading of the burette the lead is calculated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Mercury is run in from a burette through the side-neck and applies pressure upon the film by gravity.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
The burette is connected by a rubber tube and a Y-piece, either with another burette or with a piece of ordinary combustion-tube of about the same size.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
Of course 5 c.c. must be deducted from the reading on the burette.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
And subsequently when the burette is used, the volumes read from the scale on the burette must be corrected.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
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