English Explanatory Dictionary

pipette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.
verb
  1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

Pronunciation

/pɪˈpɛt/ pī-pĕtʹ /paɪˈpɛt/ en-au-pipette.ogg

Word forms

pipette pipettes pipet pipetting pipetted

Etymology

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

Related words

pipe

Derived words

absorption pipette autopipette cytopipette femtopipette intrapipette macropipette micropipette Mohr pipette multipipette nanopipette Pasteur pipette picopipette pipettor steripipette
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