Dichromate

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion.(Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
  2. 2
    a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat with a dichromate. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From di- + chromate.

Etymology 2

From di- + chromate.

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