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magenta |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Magenta \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also {fuchsine}, {rose["i]ne}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: magenta adj : deep purplish red n 1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta [syn: {fuchsia}] 2: a battle in 1859 in which the Franco-Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph [syn: {Magenta}, {battle of Magenta}]
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