variants
or less commonly pipet
: a small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end
pipette
verb
or less commonly pipet
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They can’t be tackled with a microscope and a box of pipettes.
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
In recent years, pumps have become smaller, more reliable, more programmable, and more comfortable, using ever-finer pipettes, which the patient inserts through a slightly larger needle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
Editor's tip: Rather than applying all over your hair, the brand recommends targeting breakage and split ends with the pipette and massaging the residual product into your hair.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead of manual assembly, HITS-Bio employs a four-by-four array of pipette nozzles that are digitally directed to move in three dimensions, all while also handling multiple spheroids at once.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
In recent years, pumps have become smaller, more reliable, more programmable, and more comfortable, using ever-finer pipettes, which the patient inserts through a slightly larger needle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
Editor's tip: Rather than applying all over your hair, the brand recommends targeting breakage and split ends with the pipette and massaging the residual product into your hair.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead of manual assembly, HITS-Bio employs a four-by-four array of pipette nozzles that are digitally directed to move in three dimensions, all while also handling multiple spheroids at once.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Pipette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipette. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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pipette
noun
pi·pette
pī-ˈpet 
: a device for measuring and transferring small volumes of liquid that typically consists of a narrow glass tube into which the liquid is drawn by suction and kept by blocking the upper end
pipette
verb
Medical Definition
pipette
noun
pi·pette
variants
also pipet
: a small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end
pipette
verb
also pipet
pipetted; pipetting
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