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Cypris

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[sip-ris] / ˈsɪp rɪs /

noun

  1. an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”


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The new colorants come in a powdered form that Cypris Materials says can be incorporated into manufacturing processes—added to paint in an automotive spray gun, for example, or mixed into nail polish.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2020

Cypris Materials creates structure-based colorants using what are known as self-assembling block copolymers.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2020

But now chemists at a Berkeley, Calif.–based start-up called Cypris Materials say they are closing in on a way to do so.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2020

For Cypris breeds most evil in the wise, And least in her whose heart has naught within; For puny wit can work but puny sin.

From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides

One of this lady's names was Cypris, or Cypria; and that is why the island happens to be called Cyprus.

From Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing by Optic, Oliver

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