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chromate definition

chro·mate (krō′māt′)

noun

  1. a salt of chromic acid, containing the divalent, negative radical CrO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Etymology: chrom(ium) + -ate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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