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fluorine

English

Etymology

From Latin fluor (flow) +? -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: flo?or'?n, IPA(key): /?fl???i?n/; enPR: flôr'?n, IPA(key): /?fl???i?n/

Noun

fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
    Hypernym: halogen
  2. (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.

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References

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

See also

  • fluorene

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galeite

English

Etymology

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? + -ite

Noun

galeite

  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Galeite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

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