PIPETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pipette mean? 

• PIPETTE (noun)
  The noun PIPETTE has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

  Familiarity information: PIPETTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIPETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pipet; pipette

Hypernyms ("pipette" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pipette"):

dropper; eye dropper (pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time)

 Context examples 

A pre-filled non-injectable pipette, syringe or tube.

(Applicator, NCI Thesaurus)

He dipped into this bottle or that, drawing out a few drops of each with his glass pipette, and finally brought a test-tube containing a solution over to the table.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)