Mirriam-Webster (www.m-w.com) Main Entry: pipette Etymology: French pipette, diminutive of pipe pipe, cask, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipa, pippa pipe : 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
Из французского языка. Там это - pipette. Глагол, от которого это существительное является производным, piper, означает, в частности, "поймать", "схватить".
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Date: 2005-01-08 07:03 am (UTC)Main Entry: pipette
Etymology: French pipette, diminutive of pipe pipe, cask, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipa, pippa pipe
: 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
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