n.
Variant: also pi · pet
Pronunciation: p ī - ' pet
Function: noun
Etymology: French pipette, diminutive of pipe pipe, cask, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, *pippa pipe
Date: 1839
: 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 verb