Chromous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially with valence 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 2
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing chromium.
  • Word Usage
    "He was soon to leave biology for the field of inorganic chemistry, where his early work was on the oxides of iron-group metals and chromium and a study of the chromous salts."