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Webster 1913 Edition

Chrome

Chrome

,
Noun.
Same as
Chromium
.
Chrome alum
(Chem.)
,
a dark violet substance,
(SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O
, analogous to, and crystallizing like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium.
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Chrome green
(a)
The green oxide of chromium,
Cr2O3
, used in enamel painting, and glass staining.
(b)
A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian blue.
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Chrome red
,
a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead.
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Chrome yellow
,
a brilliant yellow pigment,
PbCrO4
, used by painters.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chrome

CHROME

,
Noun.
A metal consisting of a porous mass of agglutinated grains, very hard, brittle, and of a grayish white color. Its texture is radiated. In its highest degree of oxydation, it passes into the state of an acid, of a ruby red color. It takes its name from the various and beautiful colors which its oxyd and acid communicate to minerals into whose composition they enter. Chrome is employed to give a fine deep green to the enamel of porcelain, to glass, &c.
The oxyd of Chrome is of a bright grass green or pale yellow color.

Definition 2024

chromé

chromé

See also: chrome and -chrome

French

Verb

chromé m ‎(feminine singular chromée, masculine plural chromés, feminine plural chromées)

  1. past participle of chromer

Adjective

chromé m ‎(feminine singular chromée, masculine plural chromés, feminine plural chromées)

  1. chrome / chromium (attributive)
  2. chromium-plated

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