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chrom-

  1. a combining form meaning “color,” used in the formation of compound words:

    chromhydrosis.

  2. Chemistry.
    1. a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which chromium is present.
    2. a combining form that, when prefixed to the name of a chemical compound, denotes its colored form.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chrom-1

The Greek word ô “color” ( chroma ) underlies chrom- def 1; chrom- def 2 is derived from chromium
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Nintendo also revealed new echo fighters — slightly different versions of existing fighters — in the form of Dark Samus, Richter Belmont, and Chrom from Fire Emblem.

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One nefarious foe after another threatens Prince Chrom and his merry band, including your own main character whose story is inextricably woven into the threads of time and destiny.

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Thus the principal component parts are:—Sand; chalk; potash; brimstone; arsenic, mixed with various colors, regulated by the principal:—Uran oxide; cobalt oxide; coppré oxide; nickel oxide; chrom oxide; minium; tin oxide.

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And if it were not far too great audacity in me to speak again, I would say," quoth the leech, "that all Perth knows that the Gow Chrom never was the maiden's choice, but fairly forced upon her by her father.

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Say yet—oh, say yet—she shall be mine if we gain the combat, and not the Gow Chrom himself, whose heart is of a piece with his anvil, ever went to battle so light as I shall do!

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