chrome
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
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 January 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 January 29) “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage[1], Nielsen Norman Group, retrieved 2019-09-24
- (US, slang) handguns (collectively)
Synonyms
Derived terms
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
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
Verb
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- (transitive) To plate with chrome.
- (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
Synonyms
Translations
to plate with chrome
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Further reading
- “chrome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)
Pronunciation
Noun
chrome m (uncountable)
Related terms
Descendants
- Lingala: kolomo
Further reading
- “chrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Adjective
chrome
- inflection of chromy:
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