Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
pipette
n 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 tube [syn: pipet,
pipette]