- chromium
- noun Etymology: New Latin, from French chrome Date: 1807 a blue-white metallic element found naturally only in combination and used especially in alloys and in electroplating — see element table
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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chromium — metallic element, 1807, with metallic elemental suffix ium + Fr. chrome, the name proposed for the new element by Fourcroy and Haüy, from Gk. chroma color (see CHROME (Cf. chrome)). So called for its colorful compounds. Related: Chromite … Etymology dictionary
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