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单词 cuvette
释义

cuvette

[ koo-vet, kyoo- ]
/ kuˈvɛt, kyu- /

noun

Also curvette. 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.

Origin of cuvette

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

Words nearby cuvette

cutwater, cutwork, cutworm, cuve, cuvée, cuvette, Cuvier, Cuxhaven, Cuyabá, Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyp
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Example sentences from the Web for cuvette

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

    A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
  • Cuvette, kv-et′, n. a trench sunk along the middle of a dry ditch or moat.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
  • The cuvette is then raised by means of a crane, and lifted over the casting table.

    Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II.|Various
  • Each workman dips his ladle only three times, and empties its contents into the cuvette.

    A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for cuvette

cuvette
/ (kjuːˈvɛt) /

noun

a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid

Word Origin for cuvette

C17: from French, diminutive of cuve cask, from Latin cupa
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for cuvette

cuvette
[ kyōōvĕt ]

n.

A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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