Tube vs. Pipette

Tubenoun

Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.

Tubenoun

An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.

Tubenoun

The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)

Tubenoun

A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?).topic=Australian English

Tubenoun

(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

Tubenoun

A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly.

Tubenoun

(Scotland) Idiot.

Tubeverb

To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.

Tubeverb

To ride an inner tube.

Tubeverb

To intubate.

Tubenoun

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

Tubenoun

A telescope.

Tubenoun

A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.

Tubenoun

The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

Tubenoun

A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.

Tubenoun

A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.

Tubenoun

A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.

Tubenoun

A tunnel for a tube railway; also (Colloq.), a tube railway; a subway.

Tubeverb

To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

Tubenoun

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Tubenoun

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

Tubenoun

a hollow cylindrical shape

Tubenoun

(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

Tubenoun

electric underground railway

Tubeverb

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

Tubeverb

convey in a tube;

Tubeverb

ride or float on an inflated tube;

Tubeverb

place or enclose in a tube

Pipettenoun

(sciences) A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.

Pipetteverb

To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.

Pipettenoun

A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, - used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

Pipettenoun

measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube

Pipette

A pipette (sometimes spelled pipet) is a laboratory tool commonly used in chemistry, biology and medicine to transport a measured volume of liquid, often as a media dispenser. Pipettes come in several designs for various purposes with differing levels of accuracy and precision, from single piece glass pipettes to more complex adjustable or electronic pipettes.