auxochrome
[ awk-suh-krohm ]
/ ˈɔk səˌkroʊm /
noun Chemistry.
any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
OTHER WORDS FROM auxochrome
aux·o·chrom·ic, adjectiveWords nearby auxochrome
auxilytic,
auxin,
auxo,
auxo-,
auxocardia,
auxochrome,
auxocyte,
auxospore,
auxotonic,
auxotroph,
auxotrophic
Example sentences from the Web for auxochrome
This brings selenophene more akin to pyrrole than thiophene, but the group -NH- in the molecule of pyrrole is an auxochrome.
The selenium atom in a cyclic compound also acts like an auxochrome.
British Dictionary definitions for auxochrome
auxochrome
/ (ˈɔːksəˌkrəʊm) /
noun
a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye