Pipette

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pipette \Pi*pette"\, n. [F., dim. of pipe.]
     A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the
     middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or
     delivering measured quantities.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pipette
       n : 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 [syn: {pipet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "pipette":
     adjutage, aspirator, bleed, broach, catheter, corkscrew, crowbar,
     decant, draft, draft off, drain, drainpipe, draw, draw from,
     draw off, efflux tube, empty, exhaust, extractor, fire hose,
     flue pipe, forceps, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose, hosepipe,
     let, let blood, let out, milk, nipple, organ pipe, phlebotomize,
     pincers, pipe, pipeline, piping, pliers, press, pump, pump out,
     reed, reed pipe, separator, siamese, siamese connection, siphon,
     siphon off, snorkel, soil pipe, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw,
     suck, suck out, tap, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet,
     tubulure, tweezers, vacuum pump, venesect, waste pipe, water pipe,
     wringer