boron

Etymology

From the stem of borax + -on (“ending used to form names of substances”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːɹɒn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
• Hyphenation: bo‧ron

Noun

boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)

1. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid.
   • 1976, Allen M[yron] Alper, editor, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology (Refractory Materials; 6), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 106:

     The B₆-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.

2. A single atom of this element.
   • 2001 August 10, J. Akimitsu; K. Takenawa; K. Suzuki; H. Harima; Y. Kuramoto, “High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB₂C₂”, in Science‎, volume 293, number 5532, DOI:10.1126/science.1061501, pages 1125–1127:

     For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B₆ cluster provide these orbitals.

See also

• kernite
• rasorite
• tincal
• ulexite

Anagrams

• Broon, broon

Noun

boron

1. accusative singular of boro

Etymology

bor +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboron]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ron

Noun

boron

1. superessive singular of bor

Alternative forms

• بورون‎

Etymology

From English boron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrɔn/
• Rhymes: -rɔn, -ɔn

Noun

boron (Jawi spelling بورون)

1. boron (chemical element)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.

Verb

borōn

1. to bore