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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
chrome
I
 \\ˈkrōm\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  French, from Greek chrōma
 DATE  1800
1.
  a. 
chromium

  b. a chromium pigment
2. something plated with an alloy of chromium

II
transitive verb 
(chromed ; chrom·ing)
 DATE  1876
1. to treat with a compound of chromium (as in dyeing)
2. 
chromize
English Etymology
chrome
  1800, from Fr., coined 1797 by Fr. chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), from Gk. khroma "color," because it makes colorful compounds. Originally the name given to the metal chromium; as a short form of chromium plating it dates from 1937.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
chrome
chrome / krEum; NAmE kroum / noun[U]
   a hard shiny metal used especially as a covering which protects another metal; 
chromium
 or an 
alloy
 of 
chromium
 and other metals
   铬；铬合金
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
chrome
I. \ˈkrōm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Greek chrōma color, from the beautiful colors of its compounds — more at 
chromatic

1. : 
chromium

2. : 
chrome yellow

3. : 
chrome leather

II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to treat with a compound of chromium:
 a. in dyeing : to treat with a solution of a dichromate (as sodium dichromate) or complex chromium chromate
 b. : to subject to chrome tanning
2. : to give chroma to
 < chrome a neutral background >
3. : to surface (as an electrotype) with chromium
intransitive verb
: to acquire or to increase in chroma
III. noun
: something plated with an alloy of chromium

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