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| pi·pette [ pī pét ] |
noun (plural pi·pettes) |
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small tube for sucking up liquid: a small glass tube that liquid is drawn into so that it can be measured, often before it is delivered to another container, e.g. in experiments or in medication doses
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transitive verb (past and past participle pi·pet·ted, present participle pi·pet·ting, 3rd person present singular pi·pettes) |
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measure or transfer liquid using pipette: to measure or deliver an accurate amount of liquid using a pipette
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| [Mid-19th century. < French, "little pipe" < pipe "pipe" < assumed Vulgar Latin pipa (see pipe1)] |
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