Cuvette Definition

kyo͝ovĕt
noun
A small glass tube used in spectrometry and photometry.
Webster's New World

A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

Wiktionary

A cunette.

Wiktionary

An inner lid of a timepiece.

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Other Word Forms of Cuvette

Noun

Singular:
cuvette
Plural:
cuvettes

Origin of Cuvette

  • French diminutive of cuve tub from Latin cūpa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cuvette Sentence Examples

  • F ill the second cuvette to the 10ml mark with sample water also.

  • Standards are 19 x 9 mm and are compatible with 10 mm path length cuvette holders.

  • Calibrate the spectrophotometer (colourimeter) using a cuvette filled with phosphate buffer containing BSA only.

  • In ecclesiastical usage the term was given to a shallow stone basin (the French cuvette) placed near the altar in a church, with drains to take away the water used in the ablutions at the mass.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUV

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

cuvette

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CU & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With E