Definition of Cyanin

1. n. The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.

Definition of Cyanin

1. Noun. The blue colouring matter of certain flowers such as the violet or the cornflower ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cyanin

1. cyanine [n -S] - See also: cyanine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanin

cyanide dihydratase
cyanide group
cyanide hydratase
cyanide methemoglobin
cyanide poisoning
cyanide process
cyanide radical
cyanided
cyanidenon
cyanides
cyaniding
cyanidiophyte
cyanidiophytes
cyanidol
cyanids
cyanin (current term)
cyanine
cyanine dye
cyanine green G base
cyanines
cyanins
cyanise
cyanised
cyanises
cyanising
cyanite
cyanites
cyanitic
cyanize
cyanized

Literary usage of Cyanin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, Charles Edward Groves, John Stenhouse (1876)
"The residue, after being dissolved in absolute alcohol and precipitated by ether, yields the cyanin in the form of bluish white flakes. ..."

2. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"cyanin, bulletin of univ. of Wisconsin, no. 41, science ser. ii., no. 4, anomalous dispersion of, by CE Magnusson, 1900, bibliog. pp. 288-96. ..."

3. Spectroscopy by Edward Charles Cyril Baly (1905)
"Burbank " also makes use of cyanin, this compound being treated in rather a novel way : 1 grm. of cyanin, 31 grms. chloral hydrate, and 125 cc of water ..."

4. International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin and American Process by Frederick J Harrison, W I Scandlin (1899)
"The sensitizing capacities which cyanin develops in the photographic plate ... The discoverer of the sensitizing properties of cyanin, Dr. HW Vogel, ..."

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