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se⋅pi⋅a

  [see-pee-uh]
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–noun
1. a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
2. a drawing made with this pigment.
3. a dark brown.
4. Photography. a print or photograph made in this color.
5. any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink.
–adjective
6. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.
Origin:
1560–70; < L sēpia cuttlefish, its secretion < Gk sēpía; akin to sêpsis sepsis

Related forms:
se⋅pi⋅a⋅like, adjective
se⋅pic  [see-pik, sep-ik] , adjective
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se·pi·a   (sē'pē-ə)   
n.  

    1. A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.

    2. A drawing or picture done in this pigment.

    3. A photograph in a brown tint.

  2. A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.

adj.  

  1. Of the color sepia.

  2. Done or made in sepia.


[Middle English, cuttlefish, from Latin sēpia, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpiā, cuttlefish; perhaps akin to sēpein, to make rotten.]
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Word Origin & History

sepia 
"rich brown pigment," 1821, from It. seppia "cuttlefish" (borrowed with that meaning in Eng. by 1569), from L. sepia "cuttlefish," from Gk. sepia, related to sepein "to make rotten" (cf. sepsis). The color was that of brown paint or ink prepared from the fluid secretions of the cuttlefish. Meaning "a sepia drawing" is recorded from 1863.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: se·pia
Pronunciation: 'sE-pE-&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sepiidae) ofoval-bodied cephalopods that comprise the cuttlefishes and have a saclike organ containing a dark fluid and an internal shell mostly of calcium carbonate which has been used as an antacid and in toothand polishing powders
2 : the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

SEPIA
Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications. Prolog with many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms") and declarative coroutining. "SEPIA", Micha Meier et al, TR-LP-36 ECRC, March 1988. Version 3.1 available for Suns and VAX. (See ECRC-Prolog). E-mail: .

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sepia

dyestuff, coloured brown with a trace of violet, that is obtained from a pigment protectively secreted by cuttlefish or squid. Sepia is obtained from the ink sacs of these invertebrates. The sacs are speedily extracted from the bodies and are dried to prevent putrefaction. The sacs are then dissolved in dilute alkali, and the resulting solution is filtered. The pigment thus obtained is precipitated with dilute hydrochloric acid and is then washed, filtered, and dried. The chemically inert pigment is fairly permanent and is used as a drawing ink and as an artist's watercolour, particularly in monochrome

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