SEPIA : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: SEPIA	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for SEPIA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sepia n a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany] rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes type genus of the Sepiidae Synonym(s): Sepia, genus Sepia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sepia \Se"pia\, n.; pl. E. {Sepias}, L. {Sepi[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under {Cuttlefish}. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms {Roman sepia}. Cf. {India ink}, under {India}. {Sepia} {drawing [or] picture}, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia* alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sepia \Se"pi*a\, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SEPIA Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications. Prolog with many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms") and declarative coroutining. "SEPIA", Micha Meier et al, TR-LP-36 ECRC, March 1988. Version 3.1 available for Suns and VAX. (See ECRC-Prolog). E-mail: .