coloring matter
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coloring matter — coloring matter, a substance used to color; pigment … Useful english dictionary
matter — [mat′ər] n. [ME matiere < OFr < L materia, material, stuff, wood (< base of mater, MOTHER1), orig., the growing trunk of a tree] 1. what a thing is made of; constituent substance or material 2. what all (material) things are made of;… … English World dictionary
matter — matterful, adj. matterless, adj. /mat euhr/, n. 1. the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made. 2. physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or… … Universalium
matter — mat•ter [[t]ˈmæt ər[/t]] n. 1) the substance of which any physical object consists or is composed 2) phs physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, esp. as distinguished from incorporeal substance, as spirit or … From formal English to slang
Road coloring problem — In graph theory the road coloring theorem, known until recently as the road coloring conjecture, deals with synchronized instructions. The issue involves whether by using such instructions, one can reach or locate an object or destination from… … Wikipedia
Edge coloring — A 3 edge coloring of the Desargues graph. In graph theory, an edge coloring of a graph is an assignment of “colors” to the edges of the graph so that no two adjacent edges have the same color. For example, the figure to the right shows an edge… … Wikipedia
List coloring — In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, list coloring is a type of graph coloring where each vertex can be restricted to a list of allowed colors, first studied by Vizing [1] and by Erdős, Rubin, and Taylor.[2][3][4] … Wikipedia
Dead coloring — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
annotto — Coloring matter extracted from the seeds of Bixa orellana; contains bixin and several other yellow to orange red pigments; used for coloring butter, margarine, cheese, and oils … Medical dictionary
Pigment — A substance that gives color to tissue. Pigments are responsible for the color of skin, eyes, and hair. * * * 1. Any coloring matter, as that of the red blood cells, hair, iris, etc., or the stains used in histologic or bacteriologic work, or… … Medical dictionary
paint´a|ble — paint1 «paynt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a solid coloring matter mixed with a liquid, that can be spread on a surface to make a layer or film of white, black, or colored matter. b) the solid coloring matter alone; pigment: »a box of paints. 2. the… … Useful english dictionary
