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cyans

cyans is the plural of cyan.

Meaning of cyan

Noun

cyan (countable and uncountable, plural cyans)

  1. An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
    • CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This four component color system is standard for most types of color printing, since black is an ink color in printing but is simply the absence of color in video.2009, Harry Henderson, Computer Science and Technology, Revised edition, →ISBN, page 93

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Questions about cyans

What is cyans the plural of?
Cyans is the plural of cyan.

Words near cyans in the dictionary

  1. cyanotype
  2. cyanotypes
  3. cyanotyping
  4. cyanovirin
  5. cyanovirins
  6. cyans
  7. cyanthropy
  8. cyantraniliprole
  9. cyanurate
  10. cyanurates
  11. cyanuret

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