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To transfer, draw off, measure, or apply with a small instrument using vacuum.

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Usage examples (15)
  • Now, unless this lab pipetted with mercury-laden instruments (are pipettes even involved in measuring mercury?), this again is not good news for fish lovers.
  • In the late 1960s one of my college classmates working in the microbiology lab of an eminent M.I.T. professor accidentally pipetted Salmonella bacteria into her mouth.
  • A known quantity of the solution to be tested, containing acetone to the extent of 0.1 to 0.2 grm., is pipetted into a 500 c.c. round-bottom flask, diluted with a little...
  • Trials were undertaken in Australia to compare the effectiveness of fenoxycarb, methoprene and diflubenzuron against Rhyzopertha dominica when applied to wheat, maize and paddy...
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