[
US
/ˈdɪpˌstɪk/
]
[ UK /dˈɪpstɪk/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪpstɪk/ ]
NOUN
- a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
How To Use dipstick In A Sentence
- The specificity of the dipstick test makes it useful for identifying hematuria, pyuria, or bacteriuria.
- The correct procedure for checking oil is to pull out the dipstick, wipe it dry and then insert it back in its place.
- I pulled over and yanked the dipstick: not a hint of oil.
- His persona's conscious contrariness in standing in his own way is a dipstick for measuring the depth of humanity's own perversity.
- A dipstick is used to measure how much oil is left in an engine.
- A dipstick is used to measure how much oil is left in an engine.
- Install dipstick and verify it is seated in the tube.
- As early intervention treatments are developed for chronic kidney disease, reexamination of screening dipstick urinalyses and perhaps targeted screening for high-risk populations may be warranted. Penn State Live
- It's one of the legends of motoring that early VW Beetles lacked even a gas gauge, the hapless owner having to use a dipstick to check whether there was enough fuel in the tank to get home.
- The fueler stated that he ‘did not observe either pilot check the fuel dipsticks, climb up the fueler's ladder to check the fuel or walk around the airplane.’