pi·pette also pi·pet (pi-pet') . n. A narrow, usually calibrated glass tube into which small amounts of liquid are suctioned for transfer or measurement.
[French, from Old French, tube, diminutive of pipe, pipe, from Vulgar Latin *pipa. See pipe.] pi·pette' v. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pi·pette also pi·pet (pi-`pet) n. A small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end pipette also pipet vb. pi·pet·ted pi·pet·ting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Network Edition 1997. Merriam-Webster's, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translations for: Pipette Nederlands (Dutch) pipet, overbrengen d.m.v. pipet Français (French) pipette Deutsch (German) n. - Pipette v. - pipettieren ???????? (Greek) n. (??µ.) p?p?ta, s?f????(?) Italiano (Italian) pipetta Português (Portuguese) n. - pipeta (f) ??????? (Russian) ??????? Español (Spanish) n. - pipeta v. tr. - medir o transferir mediante una pipeta Svenska (Swedish) n. - pipett -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck If entropy is increasing, where is it coming from? On Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:23:01 -0500 (EST), alltogether...@webtv.net (Arthur Rambo) wrote: > I changed my mind; I don't want to know what a pipette is....... -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>