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  • noun Plural form of pipette.

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Examples

  • Van Steirteghem at the Brussels Free University, involves removing an egg and directly injecting a single sperm into it using microscopic glass needles called pipettes.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • Van Steirteghem at the Brussels Free University, involves removing an egg and directly injecting a single sperm into it using microscopic glass needles called pipettes.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • Van Steirteghem at the Brussels Free University, involves removing an egg and directly injecting a single sperm into it using microscopic glass needles called pipettes.

    Isabel’s Bed Elinor Lipman 1995

  • Its because I work in a research lab and we use instruments called "pipettes" day in and day out to transfer liquids around.

    Archive 2005-07-01 Nupur 2005

  • Bio-Consumables: "Despite their inherent hydrophobicity, the materials from which products such as pipettes, petri dishes and microplates are manufactured do retain residual amounts of liquid â€" resulting in inaccurate test results and the waste of costly reagents.

    CoolBusinessIdeas.com 2008

  • Using the pipettes from the kit you can extract a few drops of heady floral (jasmine and ylang ylang), mix it with balsamic (bergamot, jasmine and vanilla) and floral floral (jasmine, mandarin and violet).

    Mary Orlin: A Scentsible Valentine's Day Mary Orlin 2012

  • Using the pipettes from the kit you can extract a few drops of heady floral (jasmine and ylang ylang), mix it with balsamic (bergamot, jasmine and vanilla) and floral floral (jasmine, mandarin and violet).

    Mary Orlin: A Scentsible Valentine's Day Mary Orlin 2012

  • Using the pipettes from the kit you can extract a few drops of heady floral (jasmine and ylang ylang), mix it with balsamic (bergamot, jasmine and vanilla) and floral floral (jasmine, mandarin and violet).

    Mary Orlin: A Scentsible Valentine's Day Mary Orlin 2012

  • Stagiaires with small cups of herbs elbow others with pipettes of oil out of the way in order to get to the plate, while still others, momentarily bereft of anything to do, crowd around trying to watch.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Here we highlight five of this year's award winners:Katie CleminsonKatie captured the judges' imagination with her dreamy illustrations, which she creates using inks applied with pipettes.

    Picturebook perfect 2011

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