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HYPSOCHROMIC [3 records]

Record 1 2001-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
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Record 2 1997-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

The displacement of the characteristic maximum of the absorption band towards a shorter wavelength (higher frequency, higher energy), due to the structural modification of a molecule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
OBS

"hypsochrome" : an atom or group that when introduced into a compound causes a visible lightening of color(as from green toward yellow). [Derivative :] "hypsochromic", adj.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Se dit d'un groupement d'une molécule comportant des chromophores, qui altère la couleur due à ceux-ci par déplacement des bandes d'absorption de la lumière vers les courtes longueurs d'onde.

Spanish

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