burette

or bu·ret

[ byoo-ret ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.

burette

/ bjʊˈrɛt /

noun

1. a graduated glass tube with a stopcock on one end for dispensing and transferring known volumes of fluids, esp liquids

burette

/ by-rĕt′ /

1. A graduated glass tube having a tapered bottom with a valve. It is used especially in laboratories to pour a measured amount of liquid from one container into another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burette¹

1475–85; < French: cruet, burette ( Old French biurete ), equivalent to buire ewer, flagon (perhaps < Frankish *būrja receptacle, akin to Germanic *būr- hut; bower ¹ ) + -ette -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of burette¹

C15: from French: cruet, oil can, from Old French buire ewer, of Germanic origin; compare Old English būc pitcher, belly

Example Sentences

There are three curious memoirs tracing the history of the change, by M. Burette, in the Hist. de l'Académie royale des Inscriptions, tome i.578.On the causes of paiderastia in Greece, see the remarks of Mr. Grote in the review of the Symposium, in his great work on Plato.

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Mademoiselle Burette was no readier than myself, and glanced with a frightened air from me to her mistress, and back again from her mistress to me.

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Burette, bū-ret′, n. a flask-shaped vessel for holding liquids, an altar-cruet.

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By subtracting the amount of mercury indicated by the piston in the pressure tube from the amount of mercury delivered from the burette, the amount contained in the distended paint film is obtained, which serves as a measure of elasticity.

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At this point the mercury will run out, and, falling upon the two insulated iron plates immediately below, will cause contact and close the circuit which rings an electric bell, which is a signal for the operator to shut off the inflow of mercury through the side-neck from the burette.

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Related Words

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• can
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