I -pipette ibizwa nangokuthi isibhamu se-pipette , okuyithuluzi lokulinganisa lokudlulisa uketshezi kusuka esitsheni sokuqala kuya kwesinye isitsha ngaphakathi kobubanzi obuthile. Isetshenziswa kabanzi ku-biology, chemistry nakweminye imikhakha. Ama-pipettes asetshenziswa kakhulu kuma-laboratories emitholampilo ngenxa yesakhiwo sawo esilula esiyisisekelo nokusetshenziswa kwawo kalula. Isakhiwo sayo esiyisisekelo ikakhulukazi sihlanganisa izingxenye eziningana ezifana newindi lokubonisa, izingxenye zokulungiswa kwevolumu, i-piston, i-O-ring, ishubhu lokumunca kanye nekhanda lokumunca (umbhobho wokumunca).