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burette
[ byoo-ret ]
noun
- a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
burette
/ ʊˈɛ /
noun
- a graduated glass tube with a stopcock on one end for dispensing and transferring known volumes of fluids, esp liquids
burette
/ -ĕ′ /
- A graduated glass tube having a tapered bottom with a valve. It is used especially in laboratories to pour a measured amount of liquid from one container into another.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of burette1
Example Sentences
Mercury is run in from a burette through the side-neck and applies pressure upon the film by gravity.
A standardized solution of ammonium molybdate is then added from a burette.
After having boiled for 3 to 4 minutes, N/4 caustic soda is added until the pink color just returns and the amount of caustic soda used is read on the burette.
The alkalimeter is merely a graduated tube—a burette—with a stopcock at the lower extremity, from which the standard acid is dropped into water in which a known weight of the substance is dissolved.
And subsequently when the burette is used, the volumes read from the scale on the burette must be corrected.
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