kyvett

Swedish

kyvett (chemistry)

liggande kyvett (photography)

Alternative forms

• kuvett

Etymology

From French cuvette (bowl, washbasin), diminutive of cuve (tank, tub), from Latin cupa; used in Swedish since 1691 (kuvette), 1832 (kuvett), 1874 (kyvett).

Noun

kyvett c

1. (chemistry) a cuvette; a container with vertical walls, made from plastic, glass or quartz, used in spectography
2. (photography) an upright standing container of glass for the silver nitrate solution, into which a photographic glass plate is dipped and soaked (stående kyvett)
3. (photography) a dish; a horizontal, flat, rectangular bowl, used when developing prints (liggande kyvett)
4. (dentistry) a thick metall (brass) bowl used for molding with plaster

Declension

Declension of kyvett

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kyvett	kyvetts
	definite	kyvetten	kyvettens
plural	indefinite	kyvetter	kyvetters
	definite	kyvetterna	kyvetternas

Synonyms

photography

• skål
• sköljfat

dentistry

• degel
• gjutskål

See also

• kupa

References

• Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed. supplement, 1899)
• Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
• kyvett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)