different between boron vs boracic

English

Etymology

From the stem of borax + -on (“ending used to form names of substances”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bôr'?n, IPA^(key): /?b?????n/
• Rhymes: -????n
• Hyphenation: bo?ron

Noun

boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)

2. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.
3. A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Boron on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

• kernite
• rasorite
• tincal
• ulexite

Anagrams

• Borno, Broon, broon

Esperanto

Noun

boron

1. accusative singular of boro

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?boron]
• Hyphenation: bo?ron

Noun

boron

1. superessive singular of bor

Malay

Alternative forms

• ??????

Etymology

From English boron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?n/
• Rhymes: -r?n, -?n

Noun

boron (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. boron (chemical element)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bur?n?, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.

Verb

bor?n

1. to bore

Conjugation

Descendants

• German: bohren

English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic ???????? (bawraq), from Persian ????? (b?ra).

Adjective

boracic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
2. (dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric.

Derived terms

• boracic acid
• boracic lint
• boracite

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”).

Alternative forms

• brassic

Adjective

boracic (comparative more boracic, superlative most boracic)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) penniless

Synonyms

• broke
• skint (British)
• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• braccio