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I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
Billy Eckstine

Meaning of "pigment" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIGMENT

From Latin pigmentum, from pingere to paint.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGMENT

pigment  [ˈpɪɡmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pigment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIGMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pigment

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light. Many materials selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light. Materials that humans have chosen and developed for use as pigments usually have special properties that make them ideal for coloring other materials. A pigment must have a high tinting strength relative to the materials it colors. It must be stable in solid form at ambient temperatures. For industrial applications, as well as in the arts, permanence and stability are desirable properties. Pigments that are not permanent are called fugitive. Fugitive pigments fade over time, or with exposure to light, while some eventually blacken. Pigments are used for coloring paint, ink, plastic, fabric, cosmetics, food and other materials. Most pigments used in manufacturing and the visual arts are dry colorants, usually ground into a fine powder.

Definition of pigment in the English dictionary

The first definition of pigment in the dictionary is a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood. Other definition of pigment is any substance used to impart colour. Pigment is also a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGMENT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
development
dɪˈvɛləpmənt
disemboguement
ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡmənt
document
ˈdɒkjʊmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
engagement
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
entertainment
ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt
figment
ˈfɪɡmənt
fragment
ˈfræɡmənt
intersegment
ˈɪntəˌseɡmənt
repigment
riːˈpɪɡmənt
segment
ˈsɛɡmənt
subsegment
ˈsʌbˌsɛɡmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGMENT

piggy in the middle
piggyback
pight
pightle
piglet
piglike
pigling
pigman
pigmeat
pigmen
pigmental
pigmentary
pigmentation
pigmented
pigmies
pigmoid
Pigmy
pigmy hippopotamus
pignolia
pignoration

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGMENT

abridgment
acknowledgment
arrest of judgment
augment
comment
Day of Judgment
defragment
dislodgment
error of judgment
judgment
Last Judgment
line segment
lodgment
market segment
misjudgment
Particular Judgment
prejudgment
restriction fragment
sit in judgment
the Last Judgment
value judgment

Synonyms and antonyms of pigment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIGMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pigment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pigment

Translation of «pigment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGMENT

Find out the translation of pigment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pigment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pigment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

颜料
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pigmento
570 millions of speakers

English

pigment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्णक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصباغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пигмент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pigmento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙ্গক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pigment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pigmen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pigment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

顔料
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

색소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigmen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sắc tố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறமி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगद्रव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pigment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pigmento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pigment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пігмент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pigment
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

χρωστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pigment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pigment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pigment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pigment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGMENT»

The term «pigment» is very widely used and occupies the 21.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pigment

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3 QUOTES WITH «PIGMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pigment.
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Billy Eckstine
I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
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Boy George
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
I had the opportunity of making necropsies on patients dead from malignant fever and of studying the melanaemia, i.e., the formation of black pigment in the blood of patients affected by malaria.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGMENT»

Discover the use of pigment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pigment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of ...
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.
Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2008
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Pigment Compendium
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.
Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2008
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Paint Flow and Pigment Dispersion: A Rheological Approach to ...
This Second Edition contains new chapters on pigment/binder geometry, theoretical aspects of dispersion, and capillarity.
Temple C. Patton, 1979
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Pigment Compendium: Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.
Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, 2013
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Paint, Pigment, Solvent, Coating, Emulsion, Paint Additives ...
The book 'Paint, Pigment, Solvent, Coating, Emulsion, Paint Additives and Formulations' covers various methods including Paint Additives, Solvents, Pigments, How to Formulate a Paint, Inhibitive Primers for Metal, Paints for Ships, Drying ...
‎2008
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Pigment Handbook: Properties and economics
In addition to the updated data in this 3 volume set, are new material on novel organic and inorganic pigments that were not even at the research stage when the 1973 version was published.
Peter A. Lewis, 1988
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Suing the Tobacco and Lead Pigment Industries: Government ...
A history and critique of public health litigation
Donald G. Gifford, 2010
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Pigment of the Imagination: A History of Phytochrome Research
The book begins with work that led to the discovery of phytochrome and ends with the latest findings in gene regulation and expression. The phytochrome story provides a paradigm for the process of scientific discovery.
Linda C. Sage, 1992
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Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Macular Diseases
M. BOULTON and J. WASSELL I Manchester, UK) Introduction The human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a non-dividing system which throughout life undertakes a number of functions essential for the maintenance of photoreceptor cells.
Gabriel Coscas, Felice Cardillo Piccolino, 1998
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Image Segmentation and Pigment Mapping of Cultural Heritage ...
Next, pigment mapping methods were brought forth, and these methods were based on Kubelka-Munk (K-M) turbid media theory that can predict spectral reflectance factor for a specimen from the optical properties of the specimen's constituent ...
Yonghui Zhao, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pigment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Squid Skin Secrets: Iridescence Explained
This iridescent skin patch of the California market squid shows its dynamic iridocytes. The dark spots in the background are pigment filled ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
2
Glazing pigments and vases kept separate for A Matter of Colour …
... Vases refer to different facets of the colouring process, demonstrating the journey from pigment, through swatch to full colour," said Brown. «Dezeen, Jul 15»
3
Bacteria become source of 'greener' blue jeans
The healthy plants actually don't make the blue pigment. “They have green leaves and look like other plants,” explains Tammy Hsu. She's a ... «Science News for Students, Jul 15»
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You Only Need To Use One Drop of This New Foundation
The formula is so pigment-packed that you just need one drop (okay, maybe two)—and a fluffy brush—to get an airbrushed, full coverage look. «Allure Magazine, Jul 15»
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There is no need to change the Redskins name
... Americans first as a self-identifier and likely originally referred more to a specific tribe's face and war paint than to the pigment of their skin. «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Arts supply store to 'swing for the fences'
He also said the company will bring more high-end art supplies to the store, such as lyra colouring pencils, high-pigment paints, new canvases ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Jul 15»
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Photographer captures aerial pictures of San Francisco and Utah's …
... to thrive, to a deep coral pink or red hue that is caused by the algae Dunaliella, producing a red pigment in response to high salt content. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Beauty panel... The summer nailed
A problem with metallics can be that they go on very streaky, even with two coats, but the pigment is very intense in this and it gives a great, ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Exhibition explores links between Scotland and the Nordic nations
Instead of giving up, the virtually blind Johnson developed his own distinctive but painstaking technique, using soot or other pigment to create a ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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Protect Your Scalp This Summer: 5 Ways to Block the Sun's Rays
However, Dr. Cynthia Bailey, a dermatologist who writes a skin care blog called FutureDerm, says that protecting the pigment in your hair can help it absorb and ... «EmpowHer, Jul 15»

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