chromophore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chromophore	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chromophore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chromophore n the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chromophore \Chro"mo*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] color + [?] to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as {NO2}; {N2}; or {O2}) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.