pipette
noun
a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
pipettes
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present tense formof pipette (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Tiny glass pipettes were used to fill the champagne bottles - but the bubbles had to be removed to make this possible.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Not long after Zott converts her kitchen into a lab equipped with beakers, pipettes and a centrifuge, she gets hoodwinked into hosting a staid television cooking show called “Supper at Six.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
The fragmented and siloed world of laboratory science became the crux of the crisis; the fate of millions rested upon hand pipettes and fax machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
When squeezed in front of the eye, lemon peel produced tears on demand, which were collected in glass pipettes and placed into tubes for study.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2021
They could travel from one culture to the next on unwashed hands or used pipettes; they could ride from lab to lab on researchers’ coats and shoes, or through ventilation systems.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
