containing chromium in the divalent state, as chromous carbonate, CrCO3
Word origin
[1830–40; chrom(ium) + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: format, isomerism, isometric, nationalism, stroboscope-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous)
Examples of 'chromous' in a sentence
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Hardness, fastness at stretching and impact elasticity of chromous cast-irons of eutectic composition in cast and heat-treated state are studied.
K. E. Baranovskij, V. M. Iljushenko 2008, 'MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHROMOUS CAST IRONS OF EUTECTIC COM POSITION', Litʹë i Metallurgiâhttps://lim.bntu.by/jour/article/view/1235. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)