tinctorial
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to colouring, staining, or dyeing
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imbuing with colour
Other Word Forms
- tinctorially adverb
Etymology
Origin of tinctorial
1645–55; < Latin tīnctōri ( us ) of or related to dipping, dyeing ( tinct, -tory 1 ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
The tinctorial matter may be distributed either uniformly throughout the stone or in regular zones, or in quite irregular patches.
From Project Gutenberg
It possesses exceedingly strong tinctorial powers.
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