Swedish

kyvett (chemistry)

liggande kyvett (photography)

Alternative forms

• kuvett

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

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 online.