kyvett
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Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French cuvette (bowl, washbasin), diminutive of cuve (tank, tub), from Latin cupa; used in Swedish since 1691 (kuvette), 1832 (kuvett), 1874 (kyvett).
Noun[edit]
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- (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[edit]
| Declension of kyvett | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kyvett | kyvetten | kyvetter | kyvetterna |
| Genitive | kyvetts | kyvettens | kyvetters | kyvetternas |
Synonyms[edit]
- photography
- dentistry
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed. supplement, 1899)
- Kyvett in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
- kyvett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)