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halogen

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7
Pronunciation
/ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/
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/ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/ · /ˈheɪ.lə.d͡ʒən/

Definition of halogen

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
    “Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition.”
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noun

  1. Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
    “Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition.”
  2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).

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