Cyanine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various blue dyes, used to sensitize photographic emulsions to a greater range of light.
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  • n. Any of a family of synthetic blue dyes used in photography etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The blue coloring matter of certain flowers, as the corn-flower, violet, and species of iris.
  • n. In chem., a beautiful blue dye, chinoline blue, prepared by acting on a mixture of chinoline and lepidine with amyl iodide. Unfortunately it does not resist the action of light, and hence has lost its importance as a dyestuff, but, it is used in making orthochromatic plates for photography.
    • Word Usage
    "Sulphon cyanine works well with other dye-stuffs, and gives shades which are fast to milling."
     
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