Ultramarine word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "ultramarine" word
[noun] blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
[adjective] of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color
\Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. {Green ultramarine}, a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment. {Ultramarine ash} or {ashes} (Paint.), a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of more positive colors. --Fairholt.
Synonyms for ultramarine
chromatic, ultramarine blue
See also: blue | blueness | French blue | French ultramarine | French ultramarine blue | pigment |
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Let's analyse "ultramarine" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ENIRAMARTLU. Average typing speed for these characters is 2975 milliseconds. [info]
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ultramarine: 3 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 5 = 19, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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