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Pipette

Pi-pette′

,
Noun.
[F., dim. of
pipe
.]
A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, – used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

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Pipette

Pipette

See also: pipette

German

Noun

Pipette f (genitive Pipette, plural Pipetten)

  1. pipette, pipet

Related terms

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See also: Pipette

English

Alternative forms

Noun

pipette (plural pipettes)

modern pipettes
traditional pipette
  1. (sciences) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. [from 19th c.]

Translations

Verb

pipette (third-person singular simple present pipettes, present participle pipetting, simple past and past participle pipetted)

  1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

Translations


French

Etymology

From pipe + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pipɛt/

Noun

pipette f (plural pipettes)

  1. (sciences) pipette

Italian

Noun

pipette f

  1. plural of pipetta