halogen
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halogen
- /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/
- /ˈheɪ.lə.d͡ʒən/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).
noun halogens
- 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.
- A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.
Translations
Talk about this word "halogen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/halogen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. halogen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/halogen "halogen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/halogen.Cite this
@misc{halogen_2026,
title = {halogen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/halogen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
