Meanings
nouncuvette (plural cuvettes)
plural cuvettes
- governmentA cunette.
- analytical chemistryA small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.
The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - The inner lid of a timepiece.
Origin
- Frenchcuve
- Frenchcuvette
- Englishcuvette
Borrowed from French cuvette.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кювета
- кювета (kjuveta)in chemistry
Catalan cubeta, cubeta
- cubetaa casting pot
- cubetain chemistry
Finnish kyvetti
- kyvettiin chemistry
German Küvette
- Küvettein chemistry
Russian кюве́та, кюве́та
- кюве́та (kjuvéta)a casting pot
- кюве́та (kjuvéta)in chemistry
- кюве́т (kjuvét)a cunette; in fortification
Swedish kyvett, degel
- kyvetta casting pot
- degela casting pot
- gjutskåla casting pot
- kyvettin chemistry
- innerboetta lid; in a timepiece
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cuvette
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
cuvette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuvette
MLA
“cuvette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuvette. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuvette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuvette.
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