"cuvette" meaning in English

See cuvette in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kjuˈvɛt/ Forms: cuvettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French cuvette. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cuvette}} French cuvette Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuvette (plural cuvettes)
  1. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. Translations (a casting pot): cubeta [feminine] (Catalan), кюве́та (kjuvéta) [feminine] (Russian), kyvett [common-gender] (Swedish), degel [common-gender] (Swedish), gjutskål [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (in chemistry): кювета (kjuveta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cubeta [feminine] (Catalan), kyvetti (Finnish), Küvette [feminine] (German), кюве́та (kjuvéta) [feminine] (Russian), kyvett [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (military) A cunette. Translations (a cunette; in fortification): кюве́т (kjuvét) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cuvette-en-noun-FvIGAvQa Categories (other): Military, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 18 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 23 28 14 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'a cunette; in fortification': 9 85 4 2
  3. (analytical chemistry) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.
    Sense id: en-cuvette-en-noun-y7-2liaH Categories (other): Analytical chemistry, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 18 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 23 28 14
  4. The inner lid of a timepiece. Translations (a lid; in a timepiece): innerboett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cuvette-en-noun-mAd3HDjN Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 18 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 23 28 14 Disambiguation of 'a lid; in a timepiece': 13 4 8 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocuvette, electrocuvette, hemocuvette, microcuvette, nucleocuvette

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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