Chromium

//ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An open source web browser developed by Google

Synonyms

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atomic number 24chromechromecrgoldiron

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"Chromium is a transition element."

Etymology

From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.

Related phrases

chromium carbidechromium dioxidechromium groupchromium oxidechromium platechromium platingchromium sesquioxidechromium trichloridechromium trifluoridechromium trioxidechromium-52chromium-53

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