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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Weigh out 15 gms. of soft wheat flour into an evaporating dish; then add from burette a measured quantity of water sufficient to make a stiff dough.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
The tip of the burette is allowed to fill before the readings are made, which are from the lowest point or meniscus.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
Next, after seeing that the level of the liquid in the burette has not changed, turn the bottle over on its side so that the re-agent in the test-tube shall be upset into the bottle.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
On running the solution from the burette into the assay, do not let it run down the side of the flask.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
A burette may be calibrated by filling it with distilled water, drawing off portions, say of 5 c.c. in succession, into a weighing bottle of known weight, and weighing them.
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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