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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Three flat pouch bottles, two pump bottles, a spray bottle, two mini jars, plus a small spatula, pipette and funnel, round out the kit, which also comes with a pouch for carrying.
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Catherine Garcia, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
Researchers sourced the blood from a local slaughterhouse and fed it to the bats using a pipette.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Or, use the oil as a deep-conditioning treatment by rubbing a full pipette into the palms and smoothing the product through mid-lengths to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
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Catherine Garcia, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
Researchers sourced the blood from a local slaughterhouse and fed it to the bats using a pipette.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Or, use the oil as a deep-conditioning treatment by rubbing a full pipette into the palms and smoothing the product through mid-lengths to ends.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
This then works like an acoustic pipette, blasting the mixture with sound waves.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pipette
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“Pipette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipette. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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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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