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1. (n.) bromine
a dark reddish, fuming, toxic liquid element obtained from natural brines and ocean water and used chiefly in gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes.
Etymology: (1827; < F brome bromine (< Gk brômos stench) + -ine2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bromine, Br, atomic number 35
a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
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1. (noun) bromine
one of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. bromine
an elementary fluid of a dark colour and a disagreeable smell, extracted from bittern, a liquid which remains after the separation of salt.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. bromine
A halogen with the atomic symbol Br, atomic number 36, and atomic weight 79.904. It is a volatile reddish-brown liquid that gives off suffocating vapors, is corrosive to the skin, and may cause severe gastroenteritis if ingested.
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