basic dye

1. 1.

   a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion

   Synonymsbasic colorbasic colour

   Broaderdye

Questions about basic dye

What does basic dye mean?

basic dye means "a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion".

What is another word for basic dye?

Close synonyms include basic color, basic colour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basic dye a common word?

basic dye is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.