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pipette

or ±è¾±Â·±è±ð³Ù

[ 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)

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

pipette

/ ±èɪˈ±èÉ›³Ù /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to transfer or measure out (a liquid) using a pipette
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pipette

/ ±èÄ«-±èÄ•³Ù′ /

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

Origin of pipette1

From French, dating back to 1830–40; pipe 1, -ette
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pipette1

C19: via French: little pipe, from pipe pipe 1
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He had a pipette for carefully measuring doses of the dangerous liquid.

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A disposable lancet must pierce the skin, before drops of blood can be sucked into a pipette, mixed with a chemical and placed in the test cassette.

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Using a pipette tip, the researchers could pick up tiny balls of cells and place them precisely where they self-assemble and create a solid tissue.

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Holding a pipette carefully in one hand, Laxamana talked through the radio to troubleshoot the problem.

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As the naira plunged and pump prices increased several times, the government, aware of the potential danger of protests, continued to pipette some medicine to the masses.

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