Definition
A substance or compound used in chrome plating or metallic surface treatment processes.
Etymology
Compound of 'cas-' (possibly from chemical prefix) and 'chrome' (from Greek 'chroma' meaning color). Likely a 20th-century industrial chemistry term combining elements to describe a chromium-based treatment agent.
Kelly Says
The use of 'chrome' in industrial terms shows how a Greek word for color transformed into referring to an actual element on the periodic table, and how that element's name gets built into dozens of specialized chemical compounds we've never heard of.
Translations
ARالعربية
cascrom
kas-kromo
BNবাংলা
cascrom
kas-kromo
CACatalà
cascrom
kas-kromo
CSČeština
cascrom
kas-kromo
DADansk
cascrom
kas-kromo
DEDeutsch
cascrom
kas-kromo
ELΕλληνικά
cascrom
kas-kromo
ESEspañol
cascromo
kas-kro-moh
FAفارسی
cascrom
kas-kromo
FISuomi
cascrom
kas-kromo
FRFrançais
cascrom
kas-kromo
HEעברית
cascrom
kas-kromo
HIहिन्दी
cascrom
kas-kromo
HUMagyar
cascrom
kas-kromo
IDBahasa Indonesia
cascrom
kas-kromo
ITItaliano
cascrom
kas-kro-mo
JA日本語
cascrom
kasukuro-mu
KO한국어
cascrom
kasukuro-mu
MSBahasa Melayu
cascrom
kas-kromo
MYမြန်မာ
cascrom
kas-kromo
NLNederlands
cascrom
kas-kromo
NONorsk
cascrom
kas-kromo
PLPolski
cascrom
kas-kromo
PTPortuguês
cascrom
kas-kromo
RORomână
cascrom
kas-kromo
RUРусский
cascrom
kas-kromo
SVSvenska
cascrom
kas-kromo
SWKiswahili
cascrom
kas-kromo
TAதமிழ்
cascrom
kas-kromo
TEతెలుగు
cascrom
kas-kromo
TRTürkçe
cascrom
kas-kromo
UKУкраїнська
cascrom
kas-kromo
VITiếng Việt
cascrom
kas-kromo