Chromogen Chro"mo·gen [ Greek ... color + -gen .] 1. (Biol.) Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule. 2. (Chemistry) Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.
Chromogenic Chro"mo·gen"ic adjective (Biol.) Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria.
Chromograph Chro"mo·graph noun [ Greek ... color +
-graph .]
An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph .
Chromoleucite Chro`mo·leu"cite noun [ Greek ... color + English
leucite .]
(Botany) A chromoplastid.
Chromolithograph Chro`mo·lith"o·graph noun [ Greek ... color + English
lithograph .]
A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.
Chromolithographer Chro`mo·li·thog"ra·pher noun One who is engaged in chromolithography.
Chromolithographic Chro"mo·lith`o·graph"ic adjective Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography.
Chromolithography Chro"mo·li·thog"ra·phy noun Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.
Chromophane Chro"mo·phane noun [ Greek ... color + ... to show.]
(Physiol.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
Chromophore Chro"mo·phore noun [ Greek ... color + ... to bear.]
(Chemistry) Any chemical group or residue (as NO 2 ; N 2 ; or O 2 ) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.
Chromophotograph Chro`mo·pho"to·graph noun [ Greek ... color +
photograph .]
A picture made by any of the processes for reproducing photographs in colors. --
Chro`mo*pho`to*graph"ic adjective
Chromophotography Chro`mo·pho·tog"ra·phy noun [ Greek ... color + English
photography .]
The art of producing photographs in colors.
Chromophotolithograph Chro"mo·pho`to·lith"o·graph noun A photolithograph printed in colors.
Chromoplastid Chro`mo·plas"tid noun [ Greek ... + English
plastid .]
(Botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite .
Chromosome Chro"mo·some` noun [ Greek ... color + ... the body.]
(Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
Chromosphere Chro"mo·sphere noun [ Greek ... color + English
sphere .]
(Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.
Chromospheric Chro`mo·spher"ic adjective Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
Chromotype Chro"mo·type noun [ Greek ... color +
-type .]
1. A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph . 2. A photographic picture in the natural colors.
Chromous Chro"mous adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds. Chromous acid ,
a bluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as an acid.
Chromule Chro"mule noun [ Greek ... color + ... matter.]
(Botany) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.
Chronic Chron"ic adjective [ Latin
chronicus , Greek ... concerning time, from ... time: confer French
chronique .]
1. Relating to time; according to time. 2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. Chronic disease ,
one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.
Chronical Chron"ic·al adjective Chronic. Partly on a chronical , and partly on a topical method.
J. A. Alexander.
Chronicle Chron"i·cle noun [ Middle English
cronicle , from
cronique , Old French
cronique , French
chronique , Latin
chronica , from Greek ..., neut. plural of .... See
Chronic .]
1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. 2. A narrative of events; a history; a record. 3. plural The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings. Syn. - Register; record; annals. See
History .
Chronicle Chron"i·cle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chronicled ;
present participle & verbal noun Chronicling .]
To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.
Chronicler Chron"i·cler noun A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Shak.
Chronique Chro`nique" noun [ French See
Chronicle .]
A chronicle. Latin Addison.
Chronogram Chron"o·gram noun [ Greek ... time + ... writing, character: confer French
chronogramme .]
1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632. 2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
Chronogrammatic, Chronogrammatical Chron`o·gram·mat"ic, Chron`o·gram·mat"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
chronogrammatique .]
Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
Chronogrammatist Chron`o·gram"ma·tist noun A writer of chronograms.
Chronograph Chron"o·graph noun [ Greek ... time +
-graph : confer French
chronographe .]
1. An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity. 2. Same as Chronogram , 1. [ R.]
3. A chronoscope.
Chronographer Chro·nog"ra·pher noun One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke.
Chronographic Chron`o·graph"ic adjective Of or pertaining to a chronograph.
Chronography Chro·nog"ra·phy noun [ Greek .... See
Chronograph .]
A description or record of past time; history. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Chronologer Chro·nol"o·ger noun Same as Chronologist .
Chronologic, Chronological Chron`o·log"ic, Chron`o·log"ic·al adjective [ Greek ....]
Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. --
Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
Chronologist, Chronologer Chro·nol"o·gist, Chro·nol"o·ger noun [ Greek ....]
A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided.
Locke.
THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December.
John Knox.
Chronology Chro·nol"o·gy noun ;
plural Chronologies . [ Greek ...; ... time + ... discourse: confer French
chronologie .]
The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid.
A. Holmes.
Chronometer Chro·nom"e·ter noun [ Greek ... time +
-meter : confer French
chronomètre .]
1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper. 2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc. 3. (Mus.) A metronome. Box chronometer .
See under Box . --
Pocket chronometer ,
a chronometer in the form of a large watch. --
To rate a chronometer .
See Rate , transitive verb
Chronometric, Chronometrical Chron`o·met"ric, Chron`o·met"ric·al adjective [ Confer French
chronométrique .]
Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.
Chronometry Chro·nom"e·try noun [ Confer French
chronométrie .]
The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.
Chronopher Chron"o·pher noun [ Greek ... time + ... to carry.]
An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
Chronophotograph Chron`o·pho"to·graph noun [ Greek ... time +
photograph .]
One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. --
Chron`o*pho*tog"ra*phy ,
noun
Chronoscope Chron"o·scope noun [ Greek ... time +
-scope .]
An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.
Chrysalid Chrys"a·lid adjective Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.
Chrysalid Chrys"a·lid noun ;
plural Chrysalids .
See Chrysalis .
Chrysalis Chrys"a·lis noun ;
plural Chrysalides . [ Latin
chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Greek ..., from ... gold. Confer
Aurelia .]
(Zoology) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa , and Aurelia (a) .
Chrysaniline Chrys·an"i·line noun [ Greek
chryso`s gold + English
anilene .]
(Chemistry) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.
Chrysanthemum Chrys·an"the·mum noun [ Latin , from Greek ...;
chryso`s gold + ... flower.]
(Botany) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.
Chrysarobin Chrys`a·ro"bin noun [ Greek
chryso`s gold +
araroba a foreign name of Goa powder +
-in .]
(Chemistry) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid .
Chrysaurin Chrys·au"rin noun [ Greek
chryso`s gold + Latin
aurum gold. So called from its color.]
An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.
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