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mənt 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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World English Dictionary
pigment (ˈpɪɡmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood |
| 2. | any substance used to impart colour |
| 3. | a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc |
| [C14: from Latin pigmentum, from pingere to paint] | |
| 'pigmentary | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
pigment
late 14c., 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).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
pigment  (pĭg'mənt) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
The technique uses a postage stamp-size piece of paper dotted with colored pigments.
Various pigments, inks and paper treatments will respond differently to some wavelengths of light.
The dark hair pigments are the first to decompose leaving the lighter pigments and lighter in color keratin.
But it's not pigments that create those eye-catching shades.
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