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Definition of Alizarine
1. Noun. An orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing.
Specialized synonyms: Alizarin Carmine, Alizarin Crimson, Alizarin Red
Generic synonyms: Pigment
Definition of Alizarine
1. Noun. alizarin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alizarine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alizarine
Literary usage of Alizarine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"It is obtained by exposing alizarine spread out in thin layers to the action of
nitrous vapours in closed chambers, or by passing nitrous acid into a ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1864)
"Action of Bromine on alizarine. A boiling saturated solution of alizarine in
alcohol is mixed with about six or eight parts of distilled water, ..."
3. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"alizarine was discovered aud obtained from madder, as a crystalline sublimate,
by Robiquet aud Colin, iii 1831, but little importance attached to this ..."
4. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools: For the by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"Several other compounds have been described as obtained from madder, but alizarine
appears to be the true coloring principle. Madder is used in giving to ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"alizarine reds and pinks are the most complicated of the mordant colours, ...
This also applies to alizarine orange, but all the other colours are very ..."
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