Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to saffron; saffron-yellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron.
  • adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.
  • adjective (Chem.) a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to croconic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Although he points out that the Horiuchi team's results suggest croconic acid might switch polarity too sluggishly for use in ferroelectric RAM, "the work will, I think, nevertheless be received with some excitement".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Although he points out that the Horiuchi team's results suggest croconic acid might switch polarity too sluggishly for use in ferroelectric RAM, "the work will, I think, nevertheless be received with some excitement".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Although he points out that the Horiuchi team's results suggest croconic acid might switch polarity too sluggishly for use in ferroelectric RAM, "the work will, I think, nevertheless be received with some excitement".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Sachio Horiuchi at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Ibaraki, Japan, and colleagues have discovered ferroelectric behaviour in crystalline croconic acid, which contains just carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Although he points out that the Horiuchi team's results suggest croconic acid might switch polarity too sluggishly for use in ferroelectric RAM, "the work will, I think, nevertheless be received with some excitement".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • The finding suggests croconic acid could be used in organic electronics.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Sachio Horiuchi at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Ibaraki, Japan, and colleagues have discovered ferroelectric behaviour in crystalline croconic acid, which contains just carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Sachio Horiuchi at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Ibaraki, Japan, and colleagues have discovered ferroelectric behaviour in crystalline croconic acid, which contains just carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • The finding suggests croconic acid could be used in organic electronics.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • The finding suggests croconic acid could be used in organic electronics.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

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