Chromophore \Chro"mo*phore\, n. [Gr. ? color + fe`rein to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as {NO2}; {N2}; or {O2}) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. [1913 Webster]
O2 Object-Oriented. {Object-oriented database} language used in the {Altair} project. Implemented as an {interpreter}. GIP Altair, Versailles, France. Francois Bancilhon et al, in Advances in Object-Oriented Database Systems, K.R. Dittrich ed, LNCS 334, Springer 1988. See {CO2}.