magenta
pronunciation
How to pronounce magenta in British English:
UK [məˈdʒentə]
How to pronounce magenta in American English:
US [məˈdʒɛntə]
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- Noun:
- a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
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- Adjective:
- deep purplish red
Word Origin
- magenta (n.)
- 1860, in honor of the Battle of Magenta in Italy, where the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in 1859, which advanced the cause of Italian independence and fired the imagination of European liberals. The brilliant crimson aniline dye was discovered shortly after the battle. The town's name traces back to Roman general and emperor Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius (d.312), who supposedly had a headquarters here.
Example
- 1. The study on replace acetic acid magenta by carbol fuchsin
- 2. Keep your eye on the magenta bars representing Apple \' s ( AAPL ) iPhone and the light blue bars representing Samsung , the leading vendor of Google ( GOOG ) Android phones .
- 3. In this paper , the photofading of magenta azomethine dye ( MAD ) were studied by HPLC , UV-Vis spectra .
- 4. Generally , we use the yellow , magenta , cyan and black , four color separation to print with the appropriate ink .
- 5. The Used Space is shown in blue and the Free Space is shown in magenta , making the pie chart an easy read .