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pig⋅ment
[pig-muh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc. |
| 2. | a coloring matter or substance. |
| 3. | Biology. any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to color; add pigment to. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to become pigmented; acquire color; develop pigmentation: a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well. |
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| pig·ment (pĭg'mənt) n.
To color with pigment. [Middle English, spice, red dye, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.] pig'men·tar'y (pĭg'mən-těr'ē) adj. |
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Pigment
Pig"ment\, n. [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.]1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle. 2. (Physiol.) Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc. 3. Wine flavored with species and honey. --Sir W. Scott. Pigment cell (Physiol.), a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.
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Language Translation for : Pigment
Spanish:
pigmento,
German:
der Farbstoff,
Japanese:
顔料
pigment
1398, from L. pigmentum "coloring matter, pigment, paint," from root of pingere "to color, paint" (see paint). Variants of this word may have been known in O.E. (e.g. 12c. pyhmentum).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pig·ment
Pronunciation: 'pig-m&nt
Function: noun
: a coloring matter in animals and plants especially in a cell or tissue; also : any of various related colorless substances
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pigment pig·ment (pĭg'mənt)
n.
- A substance used as coloring.
- Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
- A substance that produces a characteristic color in tissue.
- A medicinal preparation applied to the skin like paint.
To color with pigment.
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