cyan
Origin of cyan
1Words Nearby cyan
Other definitions for cyan- (2 of 4)
variant of cyano-1, usually before a vowel or h: cyanamide.
Other definitions for cyan- (3 of 4)
variant of cyano-2, before a vowel.
Other definitions for cyan- (4 of 4)
variant of cyano-3, before a vowel.
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How to use cyan in a sentence
She picked up a corner of a cyan-blue UNICEF sticker and stuck it over her mouth.
Choit documents the fading, cyan-heavy images that circulate in shop windows all over modern cities.
The Daily Pic: Barb Choit shows us old images as they fade to black – or cyan.
cyan likes the rapper Nicki Minaj and has been known to call Minaj her sister.
Erika Brown said cyan is the kind of daughter who is almost too forthcoming for her mother.
Fus I'se 'blige whup 'im school, 'n' nex' I cyan' git 'im 'way ter bless me!
Ne mihte se dumba fder cyan his wife hu se engel his cilde naman gesette, ac, urh Godes Gastes onwrigenysse, se nama hire wear cu.
He ws geld to heofonan o a riddan fleringe, and r h geseh and gehyrde Godes digelnysse, a h ne moste nanum men cyan.
cyan′otype, a photograph on paper sensitised by a cyanide; cyan′uret, a cyanide.
British Dictionary definitions for cyan (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsaɪæn, ˈsaɪən) /
a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours
of this colour: a cyan filter
Origin of cyan
1British Dictionary definitions for cyan- (2 of 2)
a variant of cyano- cyanamide; cyanide
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