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chromophores

chromophores is the plural of chromophore.

Meaning of chromophore

Noun

chromophore (plural chromophores)

  1. that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
  2. (more generally) the group of atoms in a molecule in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is located

Questions about chromophores

What is chromophores the plural of?
Chromophores is the plural of chromophore.

Words near chromophores in the dictionary

  1. chromophobes
  2. chromophobia
  3. chromophobic
  4. chromophonic
  5. chromophore
  6. chromophores
  7. chromophoric
  8. chromophorically
  9. chromophorylated
  10. chromophorylation
  11. chromophorylations

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