Associations to the word «Chromophore»

Wiktionary

CHROMOPHORE, noun. (chemistry) that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
CHROMOPHORE, noun. (chemistry) (more generally) the group of atoms in a molecule in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is located

Dictionary definition

CHROMOPHORE, noun. The chemical group that gives color to a molecule.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King