cuvette

[ koo-vet, kyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also Also called chevee. a gemstone with a raised, cameolike figure or design carved on its hollowed surface.
Chemistry. a tube or vessel used in laboratory experimentation.

cuvette

/ kjuːˈvɛt /

Origin of cuvette¹

1670–80; < French, diminutive of cuve vat ≪ Latin cūpa. See cup, -ette

Origin of cuvette¹

C17: from French, diminutive of cuve cask, from Latin cupa

The cuvette is then raised by means of a crane, and lifted over the casting table.

Each workman dips his ladle only three times, and empties its contents into the cuvette.

Whenever the cuvette is set upon its carriage, it must be rapidly wheeled to its station near the crane.

La cuvette de zinc avait été garnie de bouts de corde déchiquetés, en telle sorte qu'elle pouvait encore parfaitement servir.

Cuvette, kv-et′, n. a trench sunk along the middle of a dry ditch or moat.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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