beyond the sea; having the color of a blue pigment from lapis lazuli
blue pigment; deep blue color
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Ultramarine Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Situated or being beyond the sea.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSituated or being beyond the sea.
ultramarine
\ul`tra*ma*rine"\ (?), a. [pref. ultra- + marine.] situated or being beyond the sea.
ultramarine
\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.
similar words(4)
ultramarine blue
ultramarine ash
cobalt ultramarine
green ultramarine
Noun
1. blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
(synonym) ultramarine blue
(hypernym) pigment
(hyponym) French blue, French ultramarine, French ultramarine blue
2. vivid blue to purple-blue
(hypernym) blue, blueness
Adjective
1. of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color
(similar) chromatic
Ultramarine Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ultramarine is a blue pigment consisting primarily of a zeolite-based mineral containing small amounts of polysulfides. It occurs in nature as a proximate component of lapis lazuli. The pigment color code is P. Blue 29 77007. Ultramarine is the most complex of the mineral pigments, a complex sulfur-containing sodio-silicate (Na8-10Al6Si6O24S2-4) containing a blue cubic mineral called lazurite (the major component in lapis lazuli). Some chloride is often present in the crystal lattice as well. The blue color of the pigment is due to the S3- radical anion, which contains an unpaired electron.
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