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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unstable acid known only in solution and as chromate salts

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1800 an acid H₂CrO₄ analogous to sulfuric acid but known only in solution and especially in the form of its salts

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chromic Chro"mic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence. Chromic acid, an acid, H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readily obtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many of which are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc. Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful oxidizers known.