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

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

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

O Cypris, daughter of Dione, from mortal to immortal, so men tell, thou hast changed Berenice, dropping softly in the woman's breast the stuff of immortality.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

And lo, losing them straightway with the former, he went off empty-handed, helpless, and noticed not the approach of Cypris.

From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)

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