pipette
[pahy-pet, pi-]
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.
Origin of pipette
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Related Words for pipette
pipe, duct, cylinder, tunnel, pipeline, conduit, chute, straw, subway, cannulaExamples from the Web for pipette
Historical Examples of pipette
Put one end of the pipette into the milk sample and the other end into the mouth.
Agriculture for BeginnersCharles William Burkett
To obtain an accurate reading, the pipette should be on a level with the eye.
The Book of CheeseCharles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
A pipette or slender-spouted vessel may be used to add the water.
The Book of CheeseCharles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
It is by this pipe that the air is sucked into the pipette, when it is to be filled from its beak.
The third of these weighings gave the mean weight of a pipette.
pipette
noun
verb
Word Origin for pipette
C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe 1
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pipette
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