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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; < F, dim. of cuve vat ≪ L cūpa. See cup, -ette
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cu·vette   (kyōō'vět)   
n.  A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.

[French, diminutive of cuve, tub, from Latin cūpa.]
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Main Entry: cu·vette
Pronunciation: kyü-'vet
Function: noun
: a small often transparent laboratory vessel (as a tube)
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cuvette cu·vette (ky&oomacr;'vět)
n.
A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.

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