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pipette

/paɪˈpɛt/

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What does pipette mean?

noun

  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

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

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IPA pronunciation

/paɪˈpɛt/

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“Let us have some fresh blood,” he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.
Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in ScarletProject Gutenberg ebook #244
Let it suffice to say, blood obtained from a still living animal, in most cases from a human being, was run directly by means of a little pipette into the recipient canal.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36