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Cr

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. chromium.


CR 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. conditioned reflex; conditioned response.

  2. consciousness-raising.

  3. Biology, Ecology. critically endangered.

  4. critical ratio.


cr. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. credit.

  2. creditor.

  3. crown.


C.R. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Costa Rica.

  2. Banking. credit report.


CR 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Community of the Resurrection

  2. Costa Rica

  3. Costa Rica (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cr 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Councillor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. chromium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
cr. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. credit

  2. creditor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Costa Rica

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, this conventional single-passivation mechanism based on Cr has halted further advancement of stainless steel.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023

In the case of Cr and Cu, we find that half-filled and completely filled subshells apparently represent conditions of preferred stability.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

When the Cr is forced into this environment, its electronic states become altered, which changes the way the material absorbs and emits light.

From Scientific American • Nov. 25, 2013

Aurora; Cal R. Thurlby, 55, of the 1200 block of Townes Cr.,

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 13, 2012

I find that in Casting up their accounts that there are a Number which Deservs to be Put on ye Cr Side.

From Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author. by Boardman, Timothy

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