pipet
[pahy-pet, pi-]
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pipette
[pahy-pet, pi-]
- a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
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- to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.
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Origin of pipette
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pipette
- 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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- (tr) to transfer or measure out (a liquid) using a pipette
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Word Origin
C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe 1
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Word Origin and History for pipetting
pipette
n.
also pipet, 1818, from French pipette, from Middle French pipette "tube," diminutive of Old French pipe, from Vulgar Latin *pipa (see pipe (n.1)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
pipette
- A narrow, usually calibrated glass tube into which small amounts of liquid are suctioned for transfer or measurement.
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pipette
[pī-pĕt′]
- A graduated narrow glass tube, often with an enlarged bulb, used for transferring measured volumes of liquids.
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