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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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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

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

The first included five Cypris; a large copepod and a Diaptomus; the second, four Cypris; the third, a single rather large crustacean; the fourth, six crustaceans; and the fifth, ten.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin

Among the fossils very common in fresh-water deposits are the shells of Cypris, a minute bivalve crustaceous animal.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

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