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chromism

chromism noun: chromatism (the state of being colored).

Noun

chromism (countable and uncountable, plural chromisms)

  1. chromatism (the state of being colored)
  2. Any process that causes the color of a compound to change.
    • By adding mechanical stresses to the crystalline sample, regular structures disappeared, followed by luminescent chromism from orange to yellow.2018, Yoshiki Chujo, New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks, page 9
    • There are different types of chromism such as photochromism (induced by sunlight or UV rays), thermochromism (induced by changes in temperature), solvato chromism (induced by polarity of the solvent), hygrochromism (induced by moisture), ionochromism (induced by ions), halochromism (induced by pH...2021, Raffaello Papadakis, Dyes and Pigments, page 100

Forms of chromism

pluralchromisms

Origin of chromism

From chromo- + -ism.

Words formed from chromism

Questions about chromism

What does chromism mean?
Chromism means chromatism (the state of being colored).
What part of speech is chromism?
Chromism is a noun.
What is the plural of chromism?
The plural of chromism is chromisms.

Words near chromism in the dictionary

  1. chromis
  2. chromise
  3. chromised
  4. chromises
  5. chromising
  6. chromism
  7. chromisms
  8. chromist
  9. chromista
  10. chromistae
  11. chromistan

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