cuvette

[ koo-vet, kyoo- ]

/ kuˈvɛt, kyu- /

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

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

cuvette

/ (kjuːˈvɛt) /

a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid

C17: from French, diminutive of cuve cask, from Latin cupa

cuvette

[ kyōō′vĕt ]

A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.