buret
noun/bjʊˈrɛt/
Frequency rank: #19,992 most common English word
Meaning
A graduated glass tube with a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory titrations to dispense precise volumes of liquid.
Example sentence
The chemist carefully filled the buret with sodium hydroxide solution before beginning the titration.
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