| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bromine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bro·mine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br  m n |
| NOUN: | Symbol Br A heavy, volatile, corrosive, reddish-brown, nonmetallic liquid element, having a highly irritating vapor. It is used in producing gasoline antiknock mixtures, fumigants, dyes, and photographic chemicals. Atomic weight 79.904; atomic number 35; melting point 7.2°C; boiling point 58.78°C; valence 1, 3, 5, 7. See table at element. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French brome (from Greek brmos, stench) + –ine2.
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