Definition of Pigments

1. Noun. (plural of pigment) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of pigment) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pigments

1. pigment [v] - See also: pigment

Medical Definition of Pigments

1. Any normal or abnormal colouring matter in plants, animals, or micro-organisms. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigments

pigmented epulis
pigmented hair epidermal nevus
pigmented keratic precipitates
pigmented layer of ciliary body
pigmented layer of iris
pigmented layer of retina
pigmented liver
pigmented part of retina
pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatosis
pigmented retinal epithelium
pigmented villonodular synovitis
pigmenting
pigmentocracy
pigmentolysin
pigmentous
pigments (current term)
pigmentum nigrum
pigmies
pigmoid
pigmy
pigmy talinum
pignoli
pignolia
pignolias
pignolis
pignora
pignoration
pignorations
pignorative
pignose turtle

Literary usage of Pigments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"v CHAPTER VIII pigments PRACTICALLY all plant structures contain pigments. These may be considered as of two types: (a) the vegetative pigments, ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Determine the insoluble residue as outlined under Yellow pigments, on p. ... BLACK pigments The black pigments include those which contain carbon as their ..."

3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"Many pigments are prepared by chemical precipitation, but some of the most ... pigments form the basis of paint, which consists of a mixture of a pigment ..."

4. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"Many pigments are prepared by chemical precipitation, but some of the most ... pigments form the basis of paint, which consists of a mixture of a pigment ..."

5. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumesby Ernest John Parry by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"Containing Directions for the Manufacture of all Artificial, Artists and Painters' Colours, Enamel, Soot and Metallic pigments. ..."

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