different between satin vs isatin

English

Etymology

From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic ????????? (zayt?n, “Zayton; olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæt?n/
• Rhymes: -æt?n

Noun

satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)

1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
   • 1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673:

     Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sateen

Translations

Adjective

satin (not comparable)

1. Semigloss.

Translations

Verb

satin (third-person singular simple present satins, present participle satining, simple past and past participle satined)

1. (transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.

Further reading

• satin at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Anagrams

• Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, stain, stian, tians, tisan

Cebuano

Etymology

From English satin, from Old French satin, from Italian setino, probably via unattested Late Latin s?t?nus (“silken [cloth]”), from Latin s?t?.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?tin

Noun

satin

1. satin

Italian

Noun

satin m (invariable)

1. satin

   Synonyms: raso, setino, zetani, (obsolete) zettani

Derived terms

• satinato

Anagrams

• santi, stani

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of satisne.

Adverb

satin (not comparable)

1. introducing questions

References

• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

From French satin.

Noun

satin n (uncountable)

1. satin

Declension

English

Noun

isatin (plural isatins)

1. (organic chemistry) The indole derivative 1H-indole-2,3-dione, used in the synthesis of dyes.
   • 1993, Vivette Glover, Merton Sandler, Tribulin and Isatin: An Update, Hajime Yasuhara, S. H. Parvez (editors), Monoamine Oxidase: Basic And Clinical Aspects, page 68,

     This finding suggests that the gut flora (absent, of course, in germ free animals) are responsible for the generation of most urinary isatin, but that the tissue material derives from a different source.

   • 2007, Shang-Tian Yang, Xiaoguang Liu, Yali Zhang, Chapter 4: Metabolic Engineering — Applications, Methods, and Challenges, Shang-Tian Yang (editor), Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources, page 81,

     One problem in large scale denim dyeing processes using biologically produced indigo is the undesirable red cast caused by indirubin, which is a structural isomer of indigo formed from indoxyl and isatin, a byproduct of the spontaneous oxidation reaction that converts indoxyl to indigo.

   • 2014, Kiran Gangarapu, Development of Isatin as CNS Agents: Anticonvulsant activity, Anchor Academic Publishing, page 7,

     Isatin reacts with formaldehyde and a variety of amines in the Mannich reaction to give their respective bases (10), in the absence of an amine, isatin and substituted isatin with formaldehyde give hydroxymethyl isatins (11).

Derived terms

• isatic acid, isatinic acid
• isatinyl

Translations

Anagrams

• Isanti