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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.

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

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pipette Scientific  
/ pī-pĕt′ /

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

Etymology

Origin of pipette

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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

Holding a pipette carefully in one hand, Laxamana talked through the radio to troubleshoot the problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

Latex floating on the top of the remaining liquid is slurped up with a pipette and rinsed up to three times for purification, and then dried.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

Terrica Purvis squinted through goggles as her hands carefully guided a pipette full of indigo-tinted fluid into clear glass test tubes.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

After the funeral Mammachi asked Rahel to help her to locate and remove her contact lenses with the little orange pipette that came in its own case.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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