noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/daɪˈkɹəʊmeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:D AY0 K R OW1 M EY2 T
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CMU ARPABET 2:D AY1 K R OW0 M EY2 T
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noun
Meaning 1
Any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion.(Cr2O72−) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO42−), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract