chrome
Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
Noun
- Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
- The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
- So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the...
- Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data. - 2012 January 29, Jakob...
- I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue. - 2020 January 4, Jimmy Grewal, quoting Maf Vosburgh, “Internet...
- handguns
- Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome - 2012, “Ali Bomaye”, in Jesus Piece, performed by The Game:
- I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass - 2013, “Hive”, in Doris, performed by Earl Sweatshirt:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma)bor. French chromebor. English chrome Borrowed from French chrome.
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bichrome biochrome bright chrome chemochrome chrome alum chrome-ammonia alum chrome black chrome blue chrome brick chrome colour chrome diopside chrome dome chrome furnace chrome garnet chrome green chrome handler chrome horn chrome ink chrome iron chrome iron ore chromel chrome leather chromeless chrome maker
Verb
- To plate with chrome.
- To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.