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🧪 A lab tube 🧪 To measure liquid
to pipet

to pipet

5.5
To move a small amount of liquid using a thin tube with marks
  • verb
  • /pɪˈpɛt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pipetear
  • The lab technician had to pipet a precise amount of solution into the test tube.

So now what happens is the reactions going like a bad out of hell instead of pipetting by hand.

Examples

  • He learned how to pipet small samples during his chemistry class.

  • So now what happens is the reactions going like a bad out of hell instead of pipetting by hand.

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  • To ensure accuracy, she decided to pipet the liquid rather than pouring it.

Synonyms

to funnel
vsto pipet
69 4.1

To move something through a narrow opening or channel into one place

moves very small measured liquid amounts precisely using a narrow tool
to transfuse
vsto pipet
1 7.5

To pour liquid from one container into another

measures or transfers very small liquid amounts precisely with a narrow tool
to siphon water
vsto pipet
1 5.2

To move water through a tube from one place to another by letting it flow down

moves tiny measured liquid amounts precisely rather than using gravity

How Much

to pour
588 1.0
to pipet
  • Specialized
5.5

Surface Forms

pipet infinitive
pipetted past
pipetted past participle
pipetting present participle
pipets third person singular

Etymology

The verb pipet comes from the French noun pipette, which means a 'small pipe', and the ending -ette means 'small'. So to pipet is to use that small pipe to move a little liquid, which is why it means 'to measure or transfer small amounts of liquid'.