pipette
noun/paɪˈpɛt/
Frequency rank: #19,518 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a slender tube used in laboratories to measure and transfer small amounts of liquid.
Example sentence
The lab technician used a small pipette to transfer exactly 2 mL of the solution into the test tube.
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