cuvette

[koo-vet, kyoo-]

cu·vette

[koo-vet, kyoo-]
noun
1.
Also, curvette. Also called chevee. a gemstone with a raised, cameolike figure or design carved on its hollowed surface.
2.
Chemistry. a tube or vessel used in laboratory experimentation.

Origin:
1670–80; < French, diminutive of cuve vat ≪ Latin cūpa. See cup, -ette
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Cuvette is always a great word to know.
So is aromatic. Does it mean:
pertaining to an aromatic compound, which contains one or more benzene or equivalent heterocyclic rings: many such compounds have an agreeable odor
the process or result of a chemical reaction to oxygen, or the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes
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cuvette (kjuːˈvɛt)
 
n
a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid
 
[C17: from French, diminutive of cuve cask, from Latin cupa]

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cuvette cu·vette (ky&oomacr;'vět)
n.
A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.

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