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cuvette
[ koo-vet, kyoo- ]
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 /
noun
- a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid
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Origin of cuvette1
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Example Sentences
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.
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