pipette

Meaning

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

pipet

medicine dropper

dropper

eye dropper

dropping tube

drip pipe

drip tube

bulb

💡

suction pipette

pipe

tube

piette

Translations

pipeta

pipetta

Pipette

pipette

pipeta

pipeta

Stechheber

pipet

compte-gouttes

pipet

قطار

pipeter

μικρός σίφων

cannello

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɪˈpɛt/

Etymology

From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.