pigment
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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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Pigment
is always a great word to know.
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| an organism that is not adapted to prevailing conditions or producing offspring that maintain its contribution of genes to the next generation |
| the cell produced by the union of two gametes before it undergoes cleavage or cell division |
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World English Dictionary
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| —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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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
pigment (pĭg'mənt) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
Tanning and skin care industries that add more color and appearance of pigment to the skin.
The cortex, under the cuticle, holds protein cells that make the hair flexible and pigment to give the hair its color.
The lake's color comes from a red pigment in cyanobacteria, which feed on high levels of salt in the lake.
The color of skin depends mainly on melanin, a brownish pigment produced by melanocytes in the epidermis.
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