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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., a salt which may be viewed as consisting of two or more combining units of chromium trioxid combined with the oxid of a more basic element or radical, as potassium trichromate, K2Cr3O10 = K2-O.(CrO3)3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of a polychromic acid.
  • noun (Chem.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry A salt of a polychromic acid.
  • noun chemistry A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence.

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