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Definition of "dropwise" []

  • In drops; one drop at a time (adverb)

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Use "dropwise" in a sentence
  • "Inserted now dropwise between his lips, it dribbled idly out again."
  • "If this is poured dropwise into much water, the mixture turns bluish, and if it is then shaken up with ether or chloroform, the form takes a purple and the latter a very permanent blue."
  • "When the internal temperature in the flask has stabilized, a mixture of 40% aqueous glyoxal 12. 00g (Alfa; 82.7 mmol, 115% of the theoretic amount) with methanol 30mL was introduced dropwise from the addition funnel - very slowly - over a period of 1h45min, with a vigorous stirring on the 65C oil bath."