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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Fill an ordinary burette with the weaker standard salt solution, and run 1 c.c. into the assay bottle, letting it run down the side so that it forms a layer resting on the assay solution.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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.
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
Run in from a burette, slowly and with stirring, "magnesia mixture," using about 15 c.c. for each 0.1 gram of phosphoric oxide.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
The bottle containing the standard solution is connected with the burette by a syphon arrangement through the glass tube and T-piece.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
