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Definition: Cyan |
CyanAdjective1. A bluish shade of green. Noun1. A blue-green that is one of the primary pigments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Cyan" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "aqua". |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | Name applied to the blue-green colour reflected by a surface which absorbs red, for which reason it is also referred to as minus red. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An example of a cyan color in the RGB color space has intensities [0, 221, 221] on a 0 to 255 scale. On a browser that supports visual formatting in Cascading Style Sheets, the following box should appear in this color:
Cyan is one of the common inks used in four-color printing, along with magenta, yellow, and black; this set of colors is referred to as CMYK.
See also: cyanide
Cyan, Inc. (now Cyan Worlds, Inc.) is also the name of a computer game company which makes games for the Apple Macintosh and for Microsoft Windows. The games they have released are, in chronological order, Manhole, Cosmic Osmo (with a sequel later on), Spelunx, Myst, Riven, Myst III: Exile (actually developed by Presto Studios under license) and Myst's real-time 3d remake realMYST. Latest out is Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, formerly known under the codenames "DIRT" (D'ni in real time), "Mudpie", "Parable" and the working title "Myst Online." With the exception of Manhole, Cosmic Osmo and Spelunx, the games stem from the idea that a race called the D'ni can write books that can be used to link to worlds in another dimension. These worlds are called "ages". Cyan's games are known for concentrating on detailed plot, graphics, and exploration and try not to exclude very young or old, or otherwise impaired players. Related to the storyline of the D'ni are also the three Myst novels Book of Ti'ana, Book of Atrus and Book of D'ni.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cyan."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CYAN | English | Cyanide | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CyanSynonyms: blue-green (adj), bluish green (adj), teal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cyan |
| Specialty definitions using "cyan": CMYK ♦ QL. (references) |
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| "Cyan" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Cyan" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cyan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 深". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | kobaltblau (cobalt blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | シーンタフネス性 (ability of a video camera to hold a scene steady, Sears, Seattle, theater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | シアン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yancay ciano. (various references) Cian, Magenta, Amarillo y Negro (Magenta, Yellow and Black). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cyan": cyanamid, cyanamide, cyanamides, cyanamids, cyanate, cyanates, cyanic, cyanid, cyanide, cyanided, cyanides, cyaniding, cyanids, cyanin, cyanine, cyanines, cyanins, cyanite, cyanites, cyanitic, cyano, cyanoacrylate, cyanoacrylates, cyanobacteria, cyanobacterium, cyanocobalamin, cyanocobalamine, cyanocobalamines, cyanocobalamins, cyanoethylate, cyanoethylated, cyanoethylates, cyanoethylating, cyanoethylation, cyanoethylations, cyanogen, cyanogeneses, cyanogenesis, cyanogenetic, cyanogenic, cyanogens, cyanohydrin, cyanohydrins, cyanosed, cyanoses, cyanosis, cyanotic, cyans. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cyan": anthocyan. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cyan": anthocyanin, anthocyanins, anthocyans, ferricyanide, ferricyanides, ferrocyanide, ferrocyanides, hemocyanin, hemocyanins, isocyanate, isocyanates, phthalocyanine, phthalocyanines, phycocyanin, phycocyanins, plastocyanin, plastocyanins, platinocyanide, platinocyanides, thiocyanate, thiocyanates. (additional references) | |
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"Cyan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ayan, byan, caan, c'an, cann, cany, caya, cayan, cayon, Cayuni, ccan, cean, Ceann, cena, ceyan, chan, Chyan, cia, cian, ciane, cians, ciant, cien, cigani, cina, ciran, clyn, cnan, coan, cpan, Crynant, ctan, cuan, cya, cyaan, cyab, cyana, cyane, cyano, cyanol, cyba, cye, Cyfa, cyn, cyna, cynan, cynar, cyne, cynn, Cyran, Cytn, cyvar, dcyen, gyaan, Gyan, Gyfan, iywaan, Jyan, kyan, kyen, Nyhavn, pyan, syan, tyan, wyan, yan, yna. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-y" | |
-1 letter: any, can, cay, nay. | |
-2 letters: an, ay, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-y" | |
+1 letter: candy, canny, canty, carny, cyano, cyans, fancy, nancy. | |
+2 letters: agency, cairny, canary, canopy, canyon, carney, cayman, chancy, chanty, cranky, cranny, crayon, cyanic, cyanid, cyanin, glycan, lunacy, nancys, scanty. | |
+3 letters: acronym, acyloin, aglycon, anarchy, anchovy, anticly, ardency, balcony, branchy, cadency, calumny, cannery, cannily, canonry, canyons, carneys, carnify, carryon, cayenne, caymans, chantey, chantry, claying, claypan, cleanly, company, crankly, crayons, cyanate, cyanide, cyanids, cyanine, cyanins, cyanite, cycasin, cynical, cyprian, dynamic, errancy, fancify, fancily, glycans, gynecia, hackney, halcyon, hyaenic, infancy, joyance, larceny, latency, lyncean, nectary, panicky, patency, paunchy, pliancy, raunchy, scantly, scrawny, snatchy, syconia, syncarp, tachyon, tenancy, truancy, uncanny, unchary, uncrazy, unfancy, vacancy, valency, yacking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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