Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

pipette

Pronunciation: /pɪˈpɛt/

Definition of pipette

noun

  • a slender tube attached to or incorporating a bulb, for transferring or measuring out small quantities of liquid, especially in a laboratory.

verb

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • pour, convey, or draw off using a pipette: pipette the cells on to the coverslips

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French, literally 'little pipe', diminutive of pipe

pipette in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pipette in the US English dictionary