"engineer's blue" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} engineer's blue (uncountable)
  1. A blue paste made from Prussian blue and some oily substance, used to verify the mating of components by rubbing a coated workpiece against the target surface to leave marks. Tags: uncountable
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