"Vantablack" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black. Etymology templates: {{af|en|VANTA|black|t1=vertically aligned carbon nanotube array}} VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Vantablack (not comparable)
  1. Of a very dark shade of black. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Vantablack-en-adj-cmpEW1km Categories (other): Blacks Disambiguation of Blacks: 43 14 43

Noun [English]

Forms: Vantablacks [plural]
Etymology: From VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black. Etymology templates: {{af|en|VANTA|black|t1=vertically aligned carbon nanotube array}} VANTA (“vertically aligned carbon nanotube array”) + black Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Vantablack (countable and uncountable, plural Vantablacks)
  1. (uncountable) A class of super-black coatings that absorb almost all light. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Vantablack-en-noun-D0k5EvSF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Blacks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 61 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 72 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 86 6 Disambiguation of Blacks: 43 14 43
  2. A very dark shade of black. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Vantablack-en-noun-iSFlRmAY Categories (other): Blacks Disambiguation of Blacks: 43 14 43
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