kyvett

• kuvett

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

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

photography

• skål
• sköljfat

dentistry

• degel
• gjutskål

• kupa

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