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cyanine

[sahy-uh-neen, -nin]

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noun

any of several groups of dyes that make silver halide photographic plates sensitive to a wider color range.

Also, cy·a·nin

[sahy-uh-nin] .

Origin:
1870–75; cyan-¹ + -ine²

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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cyanine or cyanin (ˈsaɪəˌniːn, ˈsaɪənɪn)

—n
1.	a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
2.	any of a class of chemically related dyes, used for the same purpose

cyanin or cyanin

—n

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