different between fluorine vs kingite

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)

2. (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

3. (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

English

Etymology 1

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? + -ite

Noun

kingite

1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

References

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

Etymology 2

king +? -ite

Noun

kingite (plural kingites)

1. (historical) A supporter of the M?ori King Movement of the 1850s, which sought to establish a monarch-like role to protect indigenous interests.