pipette

[ pahy-pet, pi- ]

/ paɪˈpɛt, pɪ- /

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noun

a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.

verb (used with object), pi·pet·ted, pi·pet·ting.

to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.

Nearby words

Origin of pipette

From French, dating back to 1830–40; see origin at pipe¹, -ette

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Examples from the Web for pipette

Collect a quantity of pleuritic effusion, if such is present, in a pipette for further examination later.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
After having washed the tubes and the pipette, with the new solution, we must repeat the experiment upon a fresh gramme of silver.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
There it is allowed to remain, the pipette being shaken from time to time.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various
Pipette off the clear serum to a clean sterilised test-tube.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre

Then with a pipette we introduce into the solution, in a regular pattern, a number of drops of liquid coloured with Indian ink.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc

British Dictionary definitions for pipette

pipette

/ (pɪˈpɛt) /

noun

a calibrated glass tube drawn to a fine bore at one end, filled by sucking liquid into the bulb, and used to transfer or measure known volumes of liquid

verb

(tr) to transfer or measure out (a liquid) using a pipette

Word Origin for pipette

C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe 1

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