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Definition of Pipet

1. Noun. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.

Definition of Pipet

1. Noun. (alternative form of pipette) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative form of pipette) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pipet

1. to pipette [v -PETTED, -PETTING, -PETS] - See also: pipette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipet

Literary usage of Pipet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"acid almost to the mark, by means of the pipet just mentioned. The mixture was thoroughly shaken and then placed in the constant temperature bath. ..."

2. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"à ballon, a pipet with a large flask-like reservoir, used esp. for ... de précaution, a volumetric pipet with graduations at the "full " and "empty " marks. ..."

3. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"METHOD OF MAKING A LOOPED pipet. avoided, for this would produce strain and predispose the tube to fracture. 3. The longer portion of tubing is now heated ..."

4. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"As soon as the column of blood is adjusted at the desired height of the capillary, the tip of the pipet is carefully wiped with the fingers to remove any ..."

5. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The pipet and buret are each provided with a three-way stopcock, C and D. These can be turned in such a way as to allow the gas to sweep out the air from ..."

6. A Text-book on the practice of gynecology: For Practitioners and Students by William Easterly Ashton (1916)
"The fused point of the slender end (a) of No. i pipet is snipped off with scissors and ... Unless the sharp edges of the end of the pipet are rounded off, ..."

7. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"The Diluting pipet.—The dilution of the blood is made in a mixing pipet ... This mixing pipet consists of a calibrated glass capillary tube that leads to an ..."

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