pipette

or pi·pet

[ pahy-pet, pi- ]

noun

1. a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.

verb (used with object)

, pi·pet·ted, pi·pet·ting.

1. to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.

pipette

/ pɪˈpɛt /

noun

1. a calibrated glass tube drawn to a fine bore at one end, filled by sucking liquid into the bulb, and used to transfer or measure known volumes of liquid

verb

1. tr to transfer or measure out (a liquid) using a pipette

pipette

/ pī-pĕt′ /

1. A graduated narrow glass tube, often with an enlarged bulb, used for transferring measured volumes of liquids.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipette¹

From French, dating back to 1830–40; pipe ¹, -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipette¹

C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe ¹

Example Sentences

The scientists used a high-resolution method to record the electrical activity in individual rods in the mouse retina, which they accessed with an ultra-tiny glass pipette -- the width of about one-seventieth the size of a human hair -- filled with saline solution capable of conducting electricity.

From Science Daily

"When people collect the mucus from the animal, they'll pipette it off or scrape it off," said author Margaret Braunreuther.

From Science Daily

"But what we found is that when we pipette the mucus layer from our cell culture, we see a very different behavior after that action. We think that the act of pipetting or scraping this very soft polymeric solution is resulting in more liquidlike behavior."

From Science Daily

Microinjection is a method for introducing cells, genetic material, or other agents directly into embryos, cells, or tissues using a very fine pipette.

From Science Daily

At the time, Vallabh recalls, “I had never held a pipette.”

From Science Magazine

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