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tinctorial

[ tingk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to coloring or dyeing.


tinctorial

/ tɪŋkˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to colouring, staining, or dyeing
  2. imbuing with colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • tincˈtorially, adverb
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Other Words From

  • tinc·tori·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tinctorial1

1645–55; < Latin tīnctōri ( us ) of or related to dipping, dyeing ( tinct, -tory 1 ) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tinctorial1

C17: from Latin tinctōrius, from tingere to tinge
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Example Sentences

Thus a distinct connection has been traced between the tinctorial power and the molecular composition of certain dye-stuffs; in some cases it has even become possible to predict how a good dye-stuff may be made—to say that, inasmuch as this or that chemical reaction will probably give rise to the production of this or that compound, the atoms in the molecule of which we believe to have a certain arrangement relatively to one another, so this reaction or that will probably produce a dye possessed of strong tinctorial powers.

It has been shown that the boiling points, melting points, expansibilities by heat, amounts of heat evolved during combustion, in some cases tinctorial powers of dye-stuffs, and other physical constants of groups of compounds, vary with variations in the nature, number and arrangements of the atoms in the molecules of these compounds.

Its solvent power is also 147 utilized in the production of various colouring fluids, where the colouring matter would not dissolve in water alone; thus aniline violet, the tinctorial constituents of madder, and various allied colouring matters dissolve in glycerin, forming liquids which remain coloured even when diluted with water, the colouring matters being either retained in suspension or dissolved by the glycerin present in the diluted fluid.

The tinctorial matter may be distributed either uniformly throughout the stone or in regular zones, or in quite irregular patches.

It possesses exceedingly strong tinctorial powers.

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