Is it "pipette" or "pipettor"?

Question

The equipments in science that is used to measure accurate amounts of liquid:

http://www.americaninstrument.com/imagesfromdatabase/3975A_PIPETTOR.jpg

Is it pipette or pipettor? People have said different things to me, and I want to know what scientists refer to them as.

Answer 1

pipette

Answer 2

The pic is of a pipettor.  A pipettor is a mechanical instrument that draws a specific, set volume.

A pipette (serological, pasteur, volumetric) is a simple glass (or plastic) tube.

Answer 3

pipette

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/p...

pi·pette- a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.

Answer 4

pipette

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/p...

Answer 5

It's a pipette.

Answer 6

I've always heard and used "pipette"

Answer 7

Pipette (alternate spelling: pipet)

–noun 1. a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.  

–verb (used with object) 2. to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.

Answer 8

In the UK, it's a pipette. No idea what it might be in any other country. The grey thing attached to it is known as a "pipette filler"