Part 1905

<h1>Chromophore</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mo*phore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any chemical group or residue (as NO<?/; N<?/; or O<?/) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.</def>

<h1>Chromophotography</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro`mo*pho*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + E. <ets>photography</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of producing photographs in colors.</def>

<h1>Chromophotolithograph</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mo*pho`to*lith"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A photolithograph printed in colors.</def>

<h1>Chromoplastid</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro`mo*plas"tid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + E. <ets>plastid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called <altname>chromoleucite</altname>.</def>

<h1>Chromosome</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mo*some`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + <?/ the body.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the <altname>idant</altname> of Weismann.</def>

<h1>Chromosphere</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mo*sphere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + E. <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.</def>

<h1>Chromospheric</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro`mo*spher"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.</def>

<h1>Chromotype</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mo*type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See <er>Chromolithograph</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A photographic picture in the natural colors.</def>

<h1>Chromous</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.</def>

<cs><col>Chromous acid</col>, <cd>a bluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as an acid.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chromule</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chro"mule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ color + <?/ matter.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.</def>

<h1>Chronic</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>chronicus</ets>, Gr. <?/ concerning time, from <?/ time: cf. F. <ets>chronique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to time; according to time.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.</def>

<cs><col>Chronic disease</col>, <cd>one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an <i>acute<i> disease, which speedly terminates.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chronical</h1> <Xpage=254>

<hw>Chron"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Chronic.</def>