CHROMOPHORE


Meaning of CHROMOPHORE in English

— chromophoric /kroh'meuh fawr"ik, -for"ik/ , adj.

/kroh"meuh fawr', -fohr'/ , n.

any chemical group that produces color in a compound, as the azo group -N=N-.

[ 1875-80; CHROMO- + -PHORE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .