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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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 Harry Snyder
Suppose, for example, that a burette delivered the following weights of water from each division of 5 c.c. respectively:— C.C.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by W. A. Shenstone
After having boiled for 3 to 4 minutes, N/4 caustic soda is added until the pink color just returns and the amount of caustic soda used is read on the burette.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
Fill an ordinary 100 c.c. burette with the solution of barium chloride.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
If the burette is filled from the top, the float rises with aggravating slowness, and this is its chief disadvantage.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
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