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burette

American  
[byoo-ret] / byʊˈrɛt /
Or buret

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 British  
/ bjʊˈrɛt /

noun

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

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burette Scientific  
/ 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.

Etymology

Origin of burette

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

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