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Cyanine

Cy′a-nine

(s?′?-n?n or -n?n; 104)
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Noun.
(Chem.)
One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.

Definition 2024


cyanine

cyanine

English

Noun

cyanine (plural cyanines)

  1. Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.

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