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cuvette

American

[koo-vet, kyoo-] / kuˈvɛt, kju- /

noun

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

cuvette British

/ kjuːˈvɛt /

noun

a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid

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Etymology

Origin of cuvette

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

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Lead author Dr. Jan Spacek asked what Venus's cloud material might look like if the droplets could somehow be collected into a spectrometric cuvette and studied as a bulk liquid.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

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