Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: cyanine dye
  1. Any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography

Derived forms: cyanine dyes

Type of: dye, dyestuff

Encyclopedia: Cyanine dye

Nearest

cyanamid
cyanamide
cyanate
cyanic acid
cyanide
cyanide group
cyanide poisoning
cyanide process
cyanide radical
cyanine
cyanine dye
cyanite
cyano-
cyano group
cyano radical
cyanobacteria
cyanobacterial
Cyanocitta
Cyanocitta cristata
cyanocobalamin
cyanogen