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Webster 1913 Edition
Cyanine
Cy′a-nine
(s?′?-n?n or -n?n; 104)
, 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)
- Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.