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[syn: bromine, Br, atomic number 35]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome.]
(Chem.)
One of the halogen 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bromine
n 1: a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid
element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water [syn:
bromine, Br, atomic number 35]
The Elements (07Nov00):
bromine
Symbol: Br
Atomic number: 35
Atomic weight: 79.909
Halogen element. Red volatile liquid at room temperature. Its reactivity
is somewhere between chlorine and iodine. Harmful to human tissue in a
liquid state, the vapour irritates eyes and throat. Discovered in 1826
by
Antoine Balard.