Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A glass tube with fine, volumetric graduations and a stopcock at the bottom, used especially in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and measurement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel for containing liquids, usually pear-shaped or flask-shaped, with or without a handle; specifically, in English, an altar-cruet having this form.
- noun In chem., a tube, usually graduated to fractions of a centimeter, used for accurately measuring out small quantities of a solution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A glass tube with fine
gradations and astopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing andtitration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He caught some in a burette and tried several chemicals on it.
Golden State 2010
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Working in ICU without an IV pump, dropping meds into a burette and counting drops to give the med over an hour.
Do You Remember When...... Mother Jones RN 2006
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Fill the burette of the acidimeter with the solution of NaOH and begin to titrate the milk in the flask.
Chapter 6 1989
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The tip of the burette is allowed to fill before the readings are made, which are from the lowest point or meniscus.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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-- The capacity of a flour to absorb water is determined by adding water from a burette to a weighed amount of flour until a dough of standard consistency is obtained.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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To five of the tubes add alcohol from a burette as follows: (1) .5 c.c., (2) 1 c.c.,
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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After thus fixing the precise point of the saturation of the acids, the burette is held upright, and the quantity of the solution of ammonia consumed is accurately determined, -- that is, to what line on the scale the burette has been emptied.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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Run in standard KOH solution from a burette until a faint pink tinge remains permanently.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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It is composed of three parts, all made of glass; the mixing bottle, Fig. 34; the Pipette, Fig. 35; and the burette, Fig 36.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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In the experiments where a burette is used for measuring reagents, the burette is first filled with the reagent by means of a funnel.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
hernesheir commented on the word burette
Someone should start a list of laboratory glass and apparatuses.
December 9, 2010
reesetee commented on the word burette
Yes, yes. Someone should.
*eyes hernesheir*
December 9, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word burette
Niiiiiice...
December 9, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word burette
Perhaps in the coming day or two a list will appear.
December 9, 2010
reesetee commented on the word burette
Was I too subtle?
December 9, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word burette
Not too subtle - just caught me at a busy time.
December 9, 2010
reesetee commented on the word burette
*feels guilt*
December 10, 2010
reesetee commented on the word burette
*checks hernesheir's resulting list and gets over it*
December 10, 2010