pipette
or pi·pet
a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.
Origin of pipette
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British Dictionary definitions for pipette
/ (pɪˈpɛt) /
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
(tr) to transfer or measure out (a liquid) using a pipette
Origin of pipette
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pipette
[ pī-pĕt′ ]
A graduated narrow glass tube, often with an enlarged bulb, used for transferring measured volumes of liquids.
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