chrome
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəʊm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɹoʊm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
NounEdit
chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)
- Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
- Nielsen, Jakob (2012-01-29) , “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage[1], Nielsen Norman Group, retrieved 2019-09-24
- “Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data.”
- 2020 January 4, Jimmy Grewal, quoting Maf Vosburgh, “Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary”, in Jimmy's Blog[2]:
- I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue.
- Nielsen, Jakob (2012-01-29) , “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage[1], Nielsen Norman Group, retrieved 2019-09-24
- (US, slang) handguns (collectively)
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from chrome (noun)
- bright chrome
- chrome alum
- chrome-ammonia alum
- chrome black
- chrome blue
- chrome brick
- chrome colour
- chrome diopside
- chrome dome
- chrome furnace
- chrome garnet
- chrome green
- chrome handler
- chrome ink
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Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
VerbEdit
chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)
- (transitive) To plate with chrome.
- (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
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TranslationsEdit
to plate with chrome
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Further readingEdit
- chrome at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
chrome m (uncountable)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Lingala: kolomo
Further readingEdit
- “chrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Lower SorbianEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
chrome
- inflection of chromy: