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fuchsin
fuchsin or magenta , bright red dyestuff consisting of the mixed hydrochlorides or acetates of rosaniline and pararosaniline. It is composed of small crystals possessing a brilliant green sheen; when dissolved they produce a red solution, which dyes animal fibers directly and vegetable fibers af... Read more
buckminsterfullerene
buckminsterfullerene or buckyball, C 60 , hollow cage carbon molecule named for R. Buckminster Fuller because of the resemblance of its molecular structure to his geodesic domes. Although buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ) was originally detected in soot in 1985, isolation was first reported in 1... Read more
Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon
Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon , 1808-93, president of the French republic (1873-79), marshal of France. MacMahon, of Irish descent, fought in the Algerian campaign, in the Crimean War, and in the Italian war of 1859. For his victory at Magenta (1859), Napoleon III created him duke of Magenta... Read more
loosestrife
loosestrife common name for the Lythraceae, a widely distributed family of plants most abundant as woody shrubs in the American tropics but including also herbaceous species (chiefly of temperate zones) and some trees. Several shrubs of this family have been introduced in the United States as ornam... Read more
color
color effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object. See also light ; pa... Read more
Risorgimento
Risorgimento [Ital.,=resurgence], in 19th-century Italian history, period of cultural nationalism and of political activism, leading to unification of Italy. Roots of the Risorgimento The Risorgimento's roots lie in 18th-century Italian culture in the works of such people as Ludovico Anto... Read more
printing
printing means of producing reproductions of written material or images in multiple copies. There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing (with which this article is mainly concerned), intaglio, lithography, and screen process printing. Relief printing encompasses type, stereotype, ... Read more

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Magenta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Magenta , town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures...the Austrians, which opened the way to Milan. General MacMahon was made duke of Magenta by Napoleon III for his leading role in the battle.
magenta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition magenta see fuchsin .
Mellon, Annie Fairlamb (Mrs. J. B. Mellon) (ca. 1850-ca. 1938)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...experiments to obtain spirit molds (see plastics ). Unknown to Fairlamb, he mixed magenta dye with the paraffin. The molds were found to be tinted with magenta, which proved that they were not smuggled in ready-made. After touring the Continent...
Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Algerian campaign, in the Crimean War, and in the Italian war of 1859. For his victory at Magenta (1859), Napoleon III created him duke of Magenta. He was governor-general (1864-70) of Algeria and a commander in the Franco-Prussian...
quantum chromodynamics
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...form baryons , the resulting colour is always white. Antiquarks are given one of the three complementary colours: cyan, magenta, and yellow. When a quark combines with an antiquark to form a meson , the resulting colour is also white.
Hans Hofmann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Matisse, as in Liberation (1947), in which the paint is thinned down and delicately contained within the outlines, or in Magenta and Blue (1949-1950), in which both color and relationship of figure to ground plane paraphrase Matisse. Works of the...
Plastics (Spirit Markings)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Davenport Brothers, William Eglinton, and Annie Fairlamb around the same time. T. P. Barkas of Newcastle, England, mixed magenta dye in the paraffin wax during experiments with Fairlamb in 1876. The gloves had traces of the dye. The psychical researcher...
Atractylodes
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...grows in mountain valleys, especially in China's Zhejiang province. It may also be cultivated. In autumn, it presents magenta corolla blooms. In Mandarin, atractylodes is called Bai Zhu, Bai Shu, Yu Zhu, and Dong Zhu . The Cantonese term is Paak...
Villafranca di Verona
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Venetia, NE Italy. In 1859, Napoleon III and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria met there after the Austrian defeats at Magenta and Solferino and signed a preliminary peace treaty, which was formalized the same year by the Treaty of Zürich...
Risorgimento
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1858) and promised military aid against Austria. War broke out in 1859. The French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians at Magenta and caused them to retreat at Solferino. These victories were so costly, however, that Napoleon signed a separate armistice...

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magenta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology magenta brilliant crimson aniline dye discovered soon after the battle (1859) at Magenta in N. Italy. XIX.
Magenta, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Magenta, Battle of (4 June 1859) A battle fought in Lombardy, between the French...French and Sardinian forces defeated the Austrians in a disorganized fight at Magenta, which opened the way to the occupation of Lombardy and Milan. Two weeks...
Fuelgen, Robert Joachim
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...aldehyde groups, and that Shif ’ s regent gave the magenta color indicative of furan. By the use of aldehyde blocking...application of Schiff ’ s reagent, he obtained the magenta color. Untreated thymonucleic acid failed to produce it...
CMYK color model
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing CMYK color model A color model that specifies colors by the three parameters cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y) plus black (indicated by K). The model is used in the four-color printing process. Black is used in place of equal amounts of cyan, magenta, and yellow.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Adams (Dr. Everett Scott ); Nell Campbell (Columbia ); Peter Hinwood (Rocky ); Meat Loaf (Eddie ); Patricia Quinn (Magenta ); Charles Gray (Narrator ); Hilary Labow (Betty Munroe ); Jeremy Newson (Ralph Hapschatt ); Frank Lester (Wedding...
CMY color model
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing CMY color model A color model that specifies colors by the three parameters cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y), which define the amount of light subtracted in each case. The model is used for defining colors on output devices such as plotters.
primary colour
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...are red, blue, and yellow. The primary additive colours for light are red, green, and blue; the primary subtractive colours (which give the primary additive colours when subtracted from white light) are magenta, cyan, and yellow.
Villafranca di Verona, Treaty of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Villafranca di Verona, Treaty of (1859) An agreement between France and Austria. After the battles of MAGENTA and SOLFERINO , NAPOLEON III and FRANCIS JOSEPH met at Villafranca, where the Austrians agreed to an armistice. Austria handed...
Feulgen's test
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology ...acid to remove the purine bases of the DNA, thus exposing the aldehyde groups of the sugar deoxyribose. The section is then immersed in Schiff's reagent , which combines with the aldehyde groups to form a magenta-coloured compound.
CMYK
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English CMYK • abbr. cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, the colors used in most four-color printing.

Thesaurus entries related to "Magenta"

magenta
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus magenta • adjective  the blouse is white with magenta pinstripes synonyms : reddish-purple, purplish-red, crimson, plum, carmine red, fuchsia; literary incarnadine.

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Magenta appoints technology entrepreneur as new CEO following fresh round of funding.
M2 Presswire; 11/13/2003; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-13 November 2003-Magenta Technology: Magenta appoints technology entrepreneur as new CEO following...C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11132003 Magenta Technology, a leading provider of multi-agent technology...
Magenta Technology Helps Businesses to Target Customers More Effectively With Revolutionary Pattern Seeker Software.
PR Newswire Europe; 10/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...LONDON, October 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenta Technology, the leading provider of multi...technology. Pattern Seeker (http://www.magenta-technology.com/products/patternseeker...traditional software available on the market, Magenta's solution automatically analyses data...
Magenta deploys its multi-agent technology to optimise one of the world's largest oil tanker fleets; Magenta provides Tankers International's London-based agency with one of the most innovative real-time scheduling systems in the world.
M2 Presswire; 8/4/2004; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-4 August 2004-Magenta Technology: Magenta deploys its multi-agent technology to optimise one of the world's largest oil tanker fleets; Magenta provides Tankers International's London-based agency...
Magenta Technology's Scheduling Solution for Sea Logistics Businesses is Now Available Online.
PR Newswire; 9/22/2006; 700+ words ; ...LONDON, September 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenta Technology, the world-leader in the...from their website at http://www.magenta-technology.com/products/ischedulers...for chartering & scheduling uses Magenta's proprietary multi-agent technology...
Magenta Invites Businesses to Discover Power of Multi-Agent and Semantic Web Technologies Through New Software Solutions Lab.
Newspaper article from: PR Newswire Europe; 4/6/2005; 700+ words ; LONDON, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenta Technology, the leading provider of multi-agent and semantic web technologies, today launched the Magenta Solutions Lab. The Magenta Solutions Lab provides businesses with the opportunity...
Magenta netLogic Ltd Enters US Market Through a New Venture to Offer Web-Based Integrated Pricing and Service Delivery to the Telecommunications Industry.
PR Newswire; 5/4/2004; 700+ words ; CHICAGO, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenta netLogic Ltd, United Kingdom, announces...and Salford, UK and will be known as Magenta netLogic. This new venture will offer...states George King, president of Magenta netLogic. Magenta already offers a tariff...
Magenta Brings to the Market the Next Release of Real-Time Scheduling Engine to Provide a Powerful Solution to Truck Operators' Daily Issues.
PR Newswire Europe; 10/19/2006; 700+ words ; ...LONDON, October 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Magenta Technology, the leading provider of multi...Unlike traditional scheduling solutions Magenta's engine increases effectiveness of...responding to unforeseen events in real time. Magenta's Transportation Scheduling Engine augments...
Magenta invites businesses to discover power of multi-agent and semantic web technologies through new software Solutions Lab.
M2 Presswire; 4/6/2005; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-6 April 2005-Magenta Technology: Magenta invites businesses to discover power of multi-agent and...2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06042005 London - Magenta Technology, the leading provider of multi-agent and...
Magenta Research Reinforces European Distributor Ranks with Addition of Videlco Europe Limited.
M2 Presswire; 9/2/2009; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-2 September 2009-Magenta Research: Magenta Research Reinforces European Distributor Ranks with Addition...02092009 New Milford CT USA and High Wycombe, UK, -- Magenta Research, a recognised leader in video, audio and control...
Magenta Research Announces World's Most Integrated Matrix Switching Platform and Long-Range Fibre Extension System; The new Infinea Opto Matryx combines HDMI, DVI, RS-232, Audio and USB into a simple, scalable platform.
M2 Presswire; 6/22/2009; 700+ words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-22 June 2009-Magenta Research: Magenta Research Announces World's Most Integrated Matrix Switching...22062009 New Milford CT, USA, and High Wycombe, UK, -- Magenta Research, a recognised leader in video, audio and control...