Definitions for pipette

pipette pi·pette

Spelling: [pahy-pet, pi-]
IPA: /paɪˈpɛt, pɪ-/

Pipette is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in pipette (eeipptt).

Definitions for pipette

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)

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

Origin of pipette

From French, dating back to 1830-40; See origin at pipe1, -ette

Examples for pipette

Put one end of the pipette into the milk sample and the other end into the mouth.

The oil is separated by means of a pipette, filtered, and bottled off.

To obtain an accurate reading, the pipette should be on a level with the eye.

This is most conveniently carried out by means of the pipette shown in Fig. 133.

It is by this pipe that the air is sucked into the pipette, when it is to be filled from its beak.

The third of these weighings gave the mean weight of a pipette.

After the pipette has been filled by sucking at the end of b, the stop-cock d is closed and the cap c placed on the capillary.

To the lower end of the pipette the tube e, with plug of cotton wool, can be fixed.

A pipette or slender-spouted vessel may be used to add the water.

In use, the pipette is filled with the liquor under examination, to a little above the zero point on the scale.

Word Value for pipette
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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