pipette

American  

[pahy-pet, pi-] / paɪˈpɛt, pɪ- /

Or pipet

noun

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

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verb (used with object)

pipetted, pipetting

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

pipette British  

/ pɪˈpɛt /

noun

1. 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

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verb

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

pipette Scientific  

/ pī-pĕt′ /

1. A graduated narrow glass tube, often with an enlarged bulb, used for transferring measured volumes of liquids.

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Etymology

Origin of pipette

From French, dating back to 1830–40; pipe ¹, -ette

Example Sentences

With a pipette, she places a single drop of this liquid on a gold-coated glass plate positioned under an optical microscope.

From Science Daily

It is exactly what she's trying to achieve - that way she can suck the venom from its fangs using a small pipette.

From BBC

He had a pipette for carefully measuring doses of the dangerous liquid.

From BBC

A disposable lancet must pierce the skin, before drops of blood can be sucked into a pipette, mixed with a chemical and placed in the test cassette.

From BBC

Using a pipette tip, the researchers could pick up tiny balls of cells and place them precisely where they self-assemble and create a solid tissue.

From Science Daily

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