purple
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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purple (orig.) of crimson or other red colour; (later) of a colour obtained by mixing red and blue OE.; sb. XV. Late OE.
purple, reduced and dissimilated form of
purpuran, obl. case of
purpure ‘purple’ clothing or garment — L.
purpura — Gr.
porphúrā shellfish that yielded the Tyrian purple dye, dye itself, cloth dyed therewith.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES 2009 ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
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Six scientists selected for E.O. Lawrence Awards. (Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Awards)
PR Newswire; 6/16/1988; 700+ words
; ...six scientists for the 1988 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Awards for outstanding...Laboratory, Upton, N.Y. The Lawrence Award was established in December...to honor the memory of Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, who invented the cyclotron...
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Zinkle receives Lawrence Award.(Steven J. Zinkle honored with Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award)
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/7/2007; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Advanced Materials & Processes; 5/1/2003; 354 words
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Business Wire; 5/13/1996; 700+ words
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Lawrence, Ernest Orlando
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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Lawrence, Ernest
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
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Transfermium Elements (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
...Dubna, Russia. The second is the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University...named after American physicist Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-58), who invented one...named after British physicist Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), who...
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