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展色剤 (てんしょくざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

展てん色しょく剤ざい

て

ん

しょ

く

ざ

い

Meanings

1

vehicle; base; medium

Technical term in printing and ink manufacturing: the liquid component that carries pigment and binds it to the surface.

インクの展てん色しょく

剤ざい

に

は

、

樹じゅ

脂し

や

溶よう

剤ざい

が

使つか

わ

れる

。

Resins and solvents are used as the vehicle in ink.

展てん色しょく剤ざいの配はい合ごうを変かえると、印いん刷さつの仕し上あがりが変かわる。

Changing the formulation of the medium alters the print finish.

Kanji

展unfold, expand
色color
剤dose, medicine, drug

Related words

顔がん料りょう
顔料 is the pigment or coloring matter, while 展色剤 is the liquid vehicle that disperses the pigment.
ビヒクル
ビヒクル is a direct loanword for 'vehicle' in ink/paint contexts, often used interchangeably with 展色剤 in technical settings.

Etymology

Compound of 展 (spread, expand), 色 (color), and 剤 (agent, preparation). The term is a modern technical coinage for the ink vehicle that spreads pigment.