fluorine
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fluorine
- /ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin US
- -ɪn/ US
- /ˈfloɹˌin US
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From Latin fluor (“flow”) + English -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
noun fluorines
- 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. an octahedron of fluorines
- An atom of this element.
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noun chemical element
| Español | flúor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불소 bulso, 플루오르 peulluoreu, 플루오린 peulluorin |
| 日本語 | フッ素 fusso, 弗素 fusso, フッソ fusso, 氟素 fusso |
| 中文 | 氟 fú |
| हिन्दी | तरस्विनी tarasvinī |
| Kiswahili | florini |
| Português | flúor |
| Français | fluor, phthore |
| Deutsch | Fluor |
| Italiano | fluoro |
| Ελληνικά | φθόριο fthório |
| Română | fluor |
| Русский | фтор ftor |
| Tiếng Việt | flo |
| العربية | فُلُور fulūr |
| עברית | פלואור fluor |
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title = {fluorine},
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