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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

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

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

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2020

The development of Cypris has recently been observed by Claus:—"The youngest stages are shell-bearing Nauplius-forms."

From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz

They are the remains of shells of a very minute crustacean, Cypris and Cypridea, from which the shales are known as Cyprid shales.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil