chrome : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing
  

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• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun any of a class of green pigments consisting of chrome yellow and iron blue
  
• noun a brilliant green color
  

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• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun a red pigment used in paints; basic lead chromate
  

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• a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead.

Webster 1913

• noun any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds
  

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• a brilliant yellow pigment, PbCrO4, used by painters.

Webster 1913

• noun Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures
  Elinvar.
  

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• noun a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten
  

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