burettenoun [ C ]
specialized US also buret uk/bjʊəˈret/us/bjʊˈret/a glass tube with measurements printed on it and with a small tap at the base, used for adding a measured quantity of liquid into something
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- calorimeter
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- crucible
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- hydrometer
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- retort stand
- siphon
- test tube
- transducer
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Examples from literature
- Fill a burette with the standard cyanide solution.
- Fill one burette with this and another with the solution of silver nitrate.
- Read off the level of the liquid in the graduated burette.
- Run out the water so as to keep the level in the two burettes the same.
- The flow of liquid into the burette is controlled by the clip.