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PIPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pipet mean? 

PIPET (noun)
  The noun PIPET 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 tubeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PIPET (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 ("pipet" 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 "pipet"):

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 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.

(Dropper, NCI Thesaurus)



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