pipette

UK/pɪˈpɛt/US/paɪˈpɛt/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,141 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: pipettes

A pipette is a thin tube that measures out tiny amounts of liquid. Use a pipette, a glass pipette, pipette the sample.

Mouth pipetting was normal until the twentieth century and killed people; everything is now done with a bulb or a piston. Accuracy depends on wetting the tip first and releasing slowly. The French name means a little pipe.

Definitions of pipette

1nounpipetteA thin tube for measuring small volumes of liquid.B2+
“The scientist used a pipette to add three drops of acid to the dish.”

pipette is an instrument.

Where it comes from

French pipette means a little pipe, from pipe plus the diminutive -ette.

French
pipette
English, today
pipette

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Science & Space, Chemistry & Elements

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pipette in the wild

A pipette, or pipet, is a type of laboratory tool commonly used in chemistry and biology to transport a measured volume of liquid, often as a media dispenser.
Pipette
Pipettes come in several designs for various purposes with differing levels of accuracy and precision, from single piece glass pipettes to more complex adjustable or electronic pipettes.
Pipette
An eye dropper, also called Pasteur pipette or simply dropper, is a device used to transfer small quantities of liquids.
Eye dropper
The combination of the pipette and rubber bulb has also been referred to as a teat pipette.
Eye dropper
A graduated pipette is a pipette with its volume, in increments, marked along the tube.
Graduated pipette

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