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cyanine

cyanine noun: any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.

Noun

cyanine (plural cyanines)

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

Forms of cyanine

pluralcyanines

Origin of cyanine

From cyan + -ine.

Words formed from cyanine

Questions about cyanine

What does cyanine mean?
Cyanine means any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.
What part of speech is cyanine?
Cyanine is a noun.
What is the plural of cyanine?
The plural of cyanine is cyanines.

Words near cyanine in the dictionary

  1. cyanidol
  2. cyanids
  3. cyanimide
  4. cyanimides
  5. cyanin
  6. cyanine
  7. cyanines
  8. cyanins
  9. cyanise
  10. cyanised
  11. cyanises

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