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pipette

noun

  1. laboratory equipment
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɪˈpɛt/ / /paɪˈpɛt/

noun

Etymology: From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

  1. A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.

verb

Etymology: From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.

  1. To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

    Thereʼs another man near him, pipetting something into a series of small glass vials.