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ˈsaɪ əˌnin, -nɪn; -nɪncya·nine

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  1. cyaninenoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Cyanine

    Cyanines, also referred to as tetramethylindo(di)-carbocyanines are a synthetic dye family belonging to the polymethine group. Although the name derives etymologically from terms for shades of blue, the cyanine family covers the electromagnetic spectrum from near IR to UV. Chemically, cyanines are a conjugated system between two nitrogen atoms; in each resonance structure, exactly one nitrogen atom is oxidized to an iminium. Typically, they form part of a nitrogenous heterocyclic system.The main application for cyanine dyes is in biological labeling. Nevertheless, there is a wide literature on both their synthesis and uses, and cyanines are common in some CD and DVD media.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cyaninenoun

    one of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing

Wikidata

  1. Cyanine

    Cyanine is a non-systematic name of a synthetic dye family belonging to polymethine group. The word cyanin is from the English word “cyan", which conventionally means a shade of blue-green and is derived from the Greek “kyanos" which means a somewhat different color: "dark blue". Cyanines were and are still used in industry, and more recently in biotechnology. Cyanines have many uses as fluorescent dyes, particularly in biomedical imaging. Depending on the structure, they cover the spectrum from IR to UV. There are a large number reported in the literature.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyanine in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cyanine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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