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cyan.

Adjective
General
MEANING

Of a blue-green color between blue and green.

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Words that belong together

  • cyan light
  • cyan tint

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The display cast a cyan light across her hands.
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cyan

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.

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