What does FLUOR mean?
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ˈflu ɔr, -ərflu·or
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Princeton's WordNet
fluorite, fluorspar, fluornoun
a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
Wiktionary
fluornoun
Fluorite (symbol: F).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FLUORnoun
Etymology: Latin.
The particles of fluids which do not cohere too strongly, and are of such a smallness as renders them most susceptible of those agitations which keep liquors in a fluor, are most easily separated and rarified into vapours. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Webster Dictionary
Fluornoun
a fluid state
Fluornoun
menstrual flux; catamenia; menses
Fluornoun
see Fluorite
Etymology: [L., a flowing, fr. fluere to flow. See Fluent.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fluor
flōō′or, n. a mineral often described as chemically fluate of lime, but really calcium fluoride, found abundantly in Derbyshire—also Flu′or-spar, Flu′orite.—ns. Fluores′cein, a coal-tar product, little used in dyeing, the colour not being fast; Fluores′cence, a peculiar blue appearance exhibited by certain substances exposed to sunlight, and especially observable in a dilute solution of sulphate of quinine.—adjs. Fluores′cent, having the property of fluorescence; Fluor′ic.—ns. Flu′oride, a binary compound of fluorine with another element; Flu′orine, an elementary substance allied to chlorine, obtained chiefly from fluor; Flu′orotype, a photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera; Fluosil′icate, a compound of fluosilicic acid with some base.—adj. Fluosilic′ic, composed of silicon and fluorine. [A name given by the alchemists to all mineral acids because of their fluidity, from L. fluĕre, to flow.]
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flour
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FLUOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FLUOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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