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1. (n.) magenta
a purplish red.
Etymology: (after Magenta, town in N Italy, the site of a battle (1859); fuchsin was discovered shortly after the battle)
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1. (noun) magenta
a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
2. (adj) Magenta, Battle of Magenta
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
3. (adj) magenta
of deep purplish red
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1. (noun) Magenta
an aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Magenta
Italian town, 15 m. W. of Milan, where Macmahon defeated a superior Austrian force in 1859.
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