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HYPSOCHROME [2 records]

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Record 1 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 2 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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