chrome

n.

1. 1. Chromium or a chromium alloy.
   2. Something plated with a chromium alloy.
2. A pigment containing chromium.

tr.v., chromed, chrom·ing, chromes.

1. To plate with chromium.
2. To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

[French, from Greek khrōma, color (from the brilliant colors of chromium compounds).]

Photography: transparent piece of photographic film with a positive color image, as a 35mm slide; also called color transparency. Common chrome sizes are 35mm slides, 21/40 _ 21/40, 40 _ 50, and 80 _ 100.

Printing: to apply chromium to a printing plate, to protect the plate from corrosive action and allow the surface to require less ink. If there are a great many pieces to be printed, the application of chromium will give the plate longer printing life.

[from automotive slang via wargaming] Showy features added to attract users but contributing little or nothing to the power of a system. “The 3D icons in Motif are just chrome, but they certainly are pretty chrome!” Distinguished from bells and whistles by the fact that the latter are usually added to gratify developers' own desires for featurefulness. Often used as a term of contempt.

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IN BRIEF: A hard silver metal that does not easily rust.

The chrome on the new car was bright and shiny.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - krom, forkromet genstand
v. tr. - forkrome

Nederlands (Dutch)
chroom, chroomgeel, verchromen

Français (French)
n. - chrome
v. tr. - plaquer avec du chrome, chromer, teindre d'un composé de chrome

Deutsch (German)
n. - Chrom, Chromgelb, (Photogr.) positive Farbdurchlässigkeit
v. - mit Chrom streichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χρώμιο, κίτρινο του χρωμίου

Italiano (Italian)
cromo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cromo (m) (Quím.)

Русский (Russian)
хром

Español (Spanish)
n. - bicromático potásico o sódico
v. tr. - cromar, tratar con bicromato de sodio o de potasio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krom, kromgult

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铬, 铬合金, 将...镀铬, 使受渗铬处理, 使受铬媒处理

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鉻, 鉻合金
v. tr. - 將...鍍鉻, 使受滲鉻處理, 使受鉻媒處理

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원소기호 크롬, 크롬 도금
v. tr. - 크롬 염료로 염색하다, 크롬 도금을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クロム, クロム染料, クロミウム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معدن الكروم, الكرميوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כרום, צבע צהוב המורכב מתרכובת כרום ועופרת‬
v. tr. - ‮ציפה בלוחות כרום, צבע בכרום, עיבד עורות בתערובת כרום‬

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