Look up: mordant

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   mordant
   [n] - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing
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   mordant
   Substance that fixes a dyestuff in or on a material by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound, used to fix or intensify stains in a tissue or cell preparation.
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   Mordant
   Mordant: A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning or pungent; and so, by extension, biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style. The word 'mordant' has some bite to it since it comes from the Latin 'mordere', the infinitive of the verb 'to bite.' In French 'mordant' means bitin ...
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   mordant
   any substance which, by combining with a dyestuff to form an insoluble compound or lake, serves to produce a fixed colour in a textile fibre, leather, etc Category: The chemical industry
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   Mordant
   Mor'dant adjective [ French, present participle of mordere to bite; Latin mordere . See Morsel .] 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. 2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors.
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   Mordant
   Mor'dant noun [ French, originally, biting.] 1. Any corroding substance used in etching. 2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in , the dyes. 3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold l ...
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   Mordant
   Mor'dant transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mordanted ; present participle & verbal noun Mordanting .] To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
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   mordant
   1. Any corroding substance used in etching. ... 2. Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibres and colouring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes. ... 3. Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere. ... Origin: F, originally, biting. ... Source: W ...
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   mordant
   noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
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    Mordant
    A `mordant` is a substance used to set dyes on fabrics by forming an insoluble compound with the dye. It may be used for dyeing fabrics, or for intensifying stains in cell or tissue preparations. A mordant is either inherently colloidal or produces colloids and can be either acidic or alkaline. Mordants include tannic acid, alum, chrome alum, sodium chloride, and certain salts of aluminum, chromium, copper, iron, iodine, potassium, sodium, and ...
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    mordant
    (mor´dәnt) a substance capable of intensifying or deepening the reaction of a specimen to a stain. to subject to the action of a mordant before staining.
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    Mordant
    • (n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere. • (a.) Serving to fix colors. • (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. • (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing. • (n.) Any corroding substance used in etching. • (n.) Any substance, as alu...
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    mordant
    (from the article `mordant dye`) colorant that can be bound to a material for which it otherwise has little or no affinity by the addition of a mordant, a chemical that combines ... Etching is a process in which lines or textures are bitten (etched) into a metal plate with a variety of mordants (acids). The metal plate is first ... ...
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    mordant
    mordant, mordanting, mordanted, mordants 1. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire. 2. Incisive and trenchant. 3. Bitingly painful. 4. Serving to fix colors in dyeing, as with a reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials. 5. A corrosive substance; such as, an acid, used in etching.
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    mordant
    A substance that fixes dyes to fabrics by precipitating them into the fibers to form ligand complexes with them. Generally, metal salts and hydroxides (including alum), now chiefly chromium salts and dichromates, are used. They modify the hue and improve fastness.
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    mordant
    mordant (môr'dunt) [Fr.,=biting], substance used in dyeing to fix certain dyes (mordant dyes) in cloth. Either the mordant (if it is colloidal) or a colloid produced by the mordant adheres to the fiber, attracting and fixing the colloidal mordant dye (see colloid); the insoluble, colored p...
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