'Bromine' definitions:
Definition of 'bromine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water [syn: bromine, Br, atomic number 35]
Definition of 'Bromine'
From: GCIDE
- Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome.] (Chem.) One of the halogen elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bromine'
From: Elements
- Symbol: Br
- Atomic number: 35
- Atomic weight: 79.909
- Halogen element. Red volatile liquid at room temperature. Its reactivity is somewhere between chlorine and iodine. Harmful to human tissue in a liquid state, the vapour irritates eyes and throat. Discovered in 1826 by Antoine Balard.