burette
pronunciation
How to pronounce burette in British English:
UK [bjuˈret]
How to pronounce burette in American English:
US [bjʊˈrɛt]
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- Noun:
- measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
Word Origin
- burette (n.)
- 1836, from French burette "small vase, cruet," diminutive of buire "vase for liquors," in Old French "jug," variant of buie (12c.) "bottle, water jog," from Frankish *buk- or some similar Germanic source (see bucket (n.)). As a laboratory measuring tube, from 1836.
Example
- 1. Record the reading taken on the graduated burette .
- 2. Fill a burette exactly to the zero mark with 1.0 normal sodium hydroxide .
- 3. After the burette partial-cell-based , easy to replace the reagent .
- 4. To determine potassium iodate in edible salt , the specification of home-made capillary burette is 0 .