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Definition: Prussian Blue |
Prussian BlueNoun1. Any of various blue pigments. 2. A dark greenish-blue color. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Prussian Blue So called because it was discovered by a Prussian, viz. Diesbach, a colourman of Berlin, in 1710. It is sometimes called Berlin blue. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | See:vivianite. (references) |
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The chemical formula is Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3.
Prussian blue can also act as a chelating agent, and is used as a treatment for some kinds of poisoning.
As engineer's blue it is mixed with an oily material, and rubbed onto a metallic surface. This is then rubbed with another surface, and the removal of the pigment indicates the position of high-spots. Thus it can be used to indicate the flatness of a surface or the trueness of a bearing assembly.
Joseph Whitworth invented the first practical method of making and polishing accurate flat surfaces in 1830. This used engineer's blue and three trial surfaces. This led to an explosion of development of precision instruments using his flat surfaces as a basis for further construction of precise shapes.
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Synonym: Prussian BlueSynonym: iron blue (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Prussian Blue |
| English words defined with "Prussian blue": Chrome green ♦ Fenks ♦ Gas water ♦ Hooker's green ♦ Potassium ferrocyanide, Prussic ♦ Turnbull's blue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Prussian blue": assembler-erector ♦ ELECTRIC-MOTOR-AND-GENERATOR ASSEMBLER ♦ Misnomers, motor-and-generator assembler. (references) |
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 | Histopathology of lung showing ferruginous body. A fiber of asbestos or related substance is coated by an iron-protein complex and surrounded by macrophages. Prussian blue iron stain. Credit: CDC. |  | Prussian blue staining for iron particles, which reveals little or no stainable iron in the bone marrow reticulum cells and normoblasts, is the definitive test for iron deficiency during Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA). Credit: CDC. |
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Expressions using "Prussian blue": insoluble Prussian blue ♦ Prussian Blue Reaction. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prussian blue | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "Prussian blue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | berlynsblou (Prussian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | preussiskblaat (Berlin blue), berlinerblaat (Berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pruisisch blauw (Berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | prusbluo, prusa bluo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bleu de Prusse, bleu de Berlin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Preussisch Blau (Berlin blue), Berliner Blau (Berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυανούν χρώμα (ultramarine), μπλε της ρωσσίας (Berlin blue), μπλε του 'ερολίνου (Berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | berlini kék (berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | blu di Prussia (Berlin blue), blu di Berlino (Berlin blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ussianpray ueblay azul de Berlim (Berlin blue), azul da Prússia (Berlin blue). (various references) берлинская лазурь (Berlin blue). (various references) azul de Prusia,azul de Berlín (Berlin blue), azul de prusia. (various references) prusya mavisi, lacivert (dark blue, indigo blue, navy blue, ultramarine, ultramarine blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-p-r-s-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: brainless, burliness, insurable, purslanes, railbuses, subalpine, subpanels, superlain, urbanises. | |
-4 letters: airbuses, anuresis, biplanes, insulars, inulases, issuable, lesbians, nauplius, neurulas, painless, passible, perusals, pilsners, pralines, prunable, prunuses, purlieus, purlines, purslane, rainless, rinsable, ruinable, senarius, spaniels, spinulae, spinules, spirulae, spirulas, splenius, suberins, sublines, sublunar, subpanel, subpenas, subrules, supernal, unusable, upraises, urbanise. | |
-5 letters: abseils, abusers, airless. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-p-r-s-s-u-u" | |
+4 letters: supersubstantial. | |
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