pipette

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a narrow graduated tube used to measure or transfer a small quantity of liquid

   The technician used a pipette to place one drop of reagent in each vial.

2. 2
   verb

   to measure or transfer a liquid with a pipette

   Pipette five milliliters of the solution into a clean test tube.

Borrowed from French pipette, a diminutive of pipe, 'tube.' The suffix -ette reflects the instrument's small size.

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