Usually means: Molecules that absorb light wavelengths.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. chromophores: Merriam-Webster
  2. chromophores: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chromophores: Wordnik
  4. chromophores: Wiktionary
  5. chromophores: Dictionary.com
  6. Chromophores: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Chromophores: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Chromophores: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chromophores: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Chromophores: Medical dictionary

(Note: See chromophore as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (chromophore)

noun:  (chemistry) that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
noun:  (chemistry) (more generally) the group of atoms in a molecule in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is located
▸ Also see chromophore


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