Pipette Definition

pipet, pīpet
pipetted, pipettes, pipetting
noun
pipettes
A slender pipe or tube into which small amounts of liquids are taken up by suction, as for measuring.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
pipetted, pipettes, pipetting
To remove, transfer, or measure (liquid) by means of a pipette.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pipette

Noun

Singular:
pipette
Plural:
pipettes

Origin of Pipette

  • French from Old French tube diminutive of pipe pipe from Vulgar Latin pīpa pipe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

    From Wiktionary

Pipette Sentence Examples

  • Now add a bit of pond water or choose an algae by using a pipette.

  • Oxygen is absorbed by stick phosphorus contained in a tubulated pipette filled with water.

  • The volumes are not critical - a single squirt from a teat pipette will be accurate enough.

  • The children are experts at isolating the tiny zooplankton with a pipette and we see some great examples of copepods under the microscope.

  • The capillary hydrometer consists simply of a small pipette with a bulb in the middle of the stem, the pipette terminating in a very fine capillary point.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIP

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

pipette

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With E