burette

American  

[byoo-ret] / bjʊˈrɛt /

Or buret

noun

Chemistry.

1. a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.

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burette British  

/ bjʊˈrɛt /

noun

1. a graduated glass tube with a stopcock on one end for dispensing and transferring known volumes of fluids, esp liquids

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burette Scientific  

/ by-rĕt′ /

1. A graduated glass tube having a tapered bottom with a valve. It is used especially in laboratories to pour a measured amount of liquid from one container into another.

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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

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Example Sentences

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burette

The accuracy of the reading of a burette is sensibly increased by the use of an Erdmann float.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

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 Henry A. Gardner

When using a burette, the water must be run out; the burette is next rinsed with some of the solution to be used, and drained; and then it is filled with the solution.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

Next, a standard solution of the metal being estimated is run in from a burette, the mixture being stirred after each addition until the colour approaches that of the assay.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

The burette consists of two hollow tubes of glass.

From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by George Husmann

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