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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water;
[syn: bromine, Br, atomic number 35]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bromine n 1: a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water [syn: bromine, Br, atomic number 35]
The Elements (07Nov00):

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.