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MAGENTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Magenta mean?
• MAGENTA (noun)
The noun MAGENTA has 2 senses:
1. a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
2. a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Familiarity information: MAGENTA used as a noun is rare.
• MAGENTA (adjective)
The adjective MAGENTA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MAGENTA used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("magenta" is a kind of...):
purplish-red; purplish red (a red with a tinge of purple)
Derivation:
magenta (of deep purplish red)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Battle of Magenta; Magenta
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of deep purplish red
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
magenta (a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta)
Context examples
A green, crystalline, solid dye that is one of the major components of magenta.
(Basic Fuchsin, NCI Thesaurus)
A color map that varies from cyan at one extreme to magenta at the other extreme.
(Cool Color Map, NCI Thesaurus)
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