cyan

[ sahy-an, sahy-uh n ]

/ ˈsaɪ æn, ˈsaɪ ən /

noun

cyan blue.

Words nearby cyan

cx, cy, cy pres, cy., cya, cyan, cyan blue, cyan-, cyanamide, cyanate, cyaneous

Origin of cyan

First recorded in 1885–90, cyan is from the Greek word kýanos dark blue

Definition for cyan (2 of 4)

cyan-¹

variant of cyano-¹, usually before a vowel or h: cyanamide.

Definition for cyan (3 of 4)

cyan-²

variant of cyano-², before a vowel.

Definition for cyan (4 of 4)

cyan-³

variant of cyano-³, before a vowel.

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Examples from the Web for cyan

Cyan likes the rapper Nicki Minaj and has been known to call Minaj her sister.
Is She a Killer?|Bryan Curtis|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Erika Brown said Cyan is the kind of daughter who is almost too forthcoming for her mother.
Is She a Killer?|Bryan Curtis|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Erika Brown had spent a half hour with Cyan in the station before she was locked away Tuesday.
Is She a Killer?|Bryan Curtis|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When the rest of the reporters arrived Wednesday, he would give them the Cyan Brown story.
Is She a Killer?|Bryan Curtis|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST

I walked down the flight of subway stairs Cyan Brown had run down on Christmas Eve and tried to imagine the scene.
Is She a Killer?|Bryan Curtis|December 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Cyan′otype, a photograph on paper sensitised by a cyanide; Cyan′uret, a cyanide.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Fus I'se 'blige whup 'im school, 'n' nex' I cyan' git 'im 'way ter bless me!
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cyan (1 of 2)

cyan

/ (ˈsaɪæn, ˈsaɪən) /

noun

a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours

adjective

of this coloura cyan filter

Word Origin for cyan

C19: from Greek kuanos dark blue

British Dictionary definitions for cyan (2 of 2)

cyan-

combining form

a variant of cyano- cyanamide; cyanide

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