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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? bad smell, stink. Cf {Brome}.]
(Chem.)
One of the 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bromine
n : a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive
dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens;
found in sea water [syn: {Br}, {atomic number 35}]
From Elements database 20001107 [elements]:
bromine
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.
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