fluorine

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

From Latin fluor (“flow”) +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflʊəɹiːn/, /ˈflɔːɹiːn/
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Noun

fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9.
  2. (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
    an octahedron of fluorines

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