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Webster 1913 Edition

Chromophore

Chro′mo-phore

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] color +

φέρειν

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.