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  2. Azure (color) - Wikipedia

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    On the RGB color wheel, "azure" (hexadecimal #0080FF) is defined as the color at 210 degrees, i.e., the hue halfway between blue and cyan. In the RGB color model, used to create all the colors on a television or computer screen, azure is created by adding a 50% of green light to a 100% of blue light.

  3. Azure (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Loyalty. In heraldry, azure (/ ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər / AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also / ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər / AZ-ure, AY-zure) [1][2][3] is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else is marked with either az. or b. as ...

  4. Microsoft Azure - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Azure, or just Azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ AZ-ure, AY-zure), [5] [6] [7] is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It has management, access and development of applications and services to individuals, companies, and governments through its global infrastructure.

  5. Blue - Wikipedia

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    1 Etymology and linguistics. 2 Optics ... without any mixture of other colours; Azure, which is a lighter ... and the Oceania Football Confederation use blue text on ...

  6. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Online Etymology Dictionary. The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

  7. Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

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    A mixture of other minerals, often including pyrite. Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz (j) ʊli, ˈlæʒʊ -, - ˌli /; US: / ˈlæz (j) əli, ˈlæʒə -, - ˌli /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

  8. Blazon - Wikipedia

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    Azure a River in Fess Gules bordered Argent thereon a Marten proper beneath a six-pointed star Or (for Slavonia); IV. per Fess Azure and Or over all a Bar Gules in the Chief a demi-Eagle Sable displayed addextré of the Sun-in-splendour and senestré of a Crescent Argent in the Base seven Towers three and four Gules (for Transylvania); enté en ...

  9. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the scientific study of the origins of words, including the origins of their constituent units of sound and meaning (phonemes and morphemes), [2] [3] as well as their changes in pronunciation and meaning across time.