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Definition of Pipette

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 Pipette

1. n. A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

Definition of Pipette

1. Noun. (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. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pipette

1. to measure liquid with a calibrated tube [v -PETTED, -PETTING, -PETTES]

Medical Definition of Pipette

1. A graduated tube (marked in ml) used to transport a definite volume of a gas or liquid in laboratory work. Origin: Fr. Dim. Of pipe, pipe (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipette

Literary usage of Pipette

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

1. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1865)
"9. I' ecoulement). aa. Pleasuring vessels which serve to measure out one definite quantity of fluid. § 20. 3. The Graduated pipette. We use pipettes of 1, ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"The apparatus required consists of a pipette which will deliver ... The Stas or Ricketts overflow pipette, listed by all laboratory supply firms, ..."

3. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1901)
"THE pipette. § 6. THE pipettes used in volumetric work are of two kinds, viz., those which deliver one certain quantity only, and those which are graduated ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"If he is prepared at once to take a specimen for diagnosis the messenger will wait to receive the pipette from him charged with the matter to be examined, ..."

5. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"Determination of Hydrogen with Combustion pipette. — Hydrogen may be determined with a high degree of accuracy by the combustion method described by the ..."

6. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"Determination of Hydrogen with Combustion pipette. — Hydrogen may be determined with a high degree of accuracy by the combustion method described by the ..."

7. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"It is by this pipe that the air is sucked into the pipette when it B to be filled from its beak. The pipette is supported by two horizontal arms HK (fig. ..."

8. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The quantity of liquid which a pipette will deliver depends to some extent on the ... The best plan is to allow the pipette to empty itself whilst held ..."

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