kyvett
Swedish
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
- (chemistry) a cuvette; a container with vertical walls, made from plastic, glass or quartz, used in spectography
- (photography) an upright standing container of glass for the silver nitrate solution, into which a photographic glass plate is dipped and soaked (stående kyvett)
- (photography) a dish; a horizontal, flat, rectangular bowl, used when developing prints (liggande kyvett)
- (dentistry) a thick metall (brass) bowl used for molding with plaster
Declension
| 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
References
- Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed. supplement, 1899)
- Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
- kyvett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)