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