pipette

or pi·pet

[ pahy-pet, pi- ]

noun

1. 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.

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

pipette

/ 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

verb

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

pipette

/ pī-pĕt′ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipette¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipette¹

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

Example Sentences

The only problem is that they don’t have enough pipette tips due to a national shortage.

From ProPublica

Take a sterile capillary pipette (Fig. 13, c); break off the sealed extremity with a pair of sterile forceps.

From Project Gutenberg

With another pipette run in an equal quantity of the caustic soda solution.

From Project Gutenberg

(c) Bent syphon tube, with pipette nozzle attached by means of rubber tubing and fitted with pinch-cock.

From Project Gutenberg

Transfer the washed cells to a sterile capsule by means of a sterile pipette.

From Project Gutenberg

Open the thorax with all aseptic precautions, and collect as much blood as possible from the heart with a sterile Pasteur pipette.

From Project Gutenberg

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