Magenta

(noun.) a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I.

(noun.) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta.

(adj.) of deep purplish red .

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• The Austrians were badly beaten at Magenta and Solferino. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Simmons lived a long way out in the town toward the Porta Magenta. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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