halogen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈheɪ.lə.d͡ʒən/
- hāʹlə-jən
- /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/
- hălʹə-jən
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).
Meanings
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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.
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- A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| halogens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
pnictogen · metalloid · metal · chalcogen
Deriveds
interhalogen · halogenous · radiohalogen · halogen lamp · halothane · halogenase · halogen oven · halogenite · nonhalogen · rehalogenize · dihalogen · dehydrohalogenate · dehydrohalogenase · halogenoderma · halon · halogenation · halogenate · organohalogen · halogen stove
Hypernyms
material · substance · element · nonmetal
Relateds
Translations (47)
bg халоген (any element of group 17) · vi halôgen (any element of group 17) · pl fluorowiec (any element of group 17) · ko 할로젠 (any element of group 17) · es halógeno (any element of group 17) · th แฮโลเจน (any element of group 17) · tr halojen (any element of group 17) · pt halogênio (any element of group 17) · km ហាឡូហ្សែន (any element of group 17) · hy հալոգեն (any element of group 17) · ko 할로겐 (any element of group 17) · uk галоге́н (any element of group 17) · nb halogen (any element of group 17) · et halogeen (any element of group 17) · cdo 鹵素 /卤素 (any element of group 17) · cs halogen (any element of group 17) · hu halogén (any element of group 17) · nan-hbl 鹵素 /卤素 (any element of group 17) · yue 鹵族 /卤族 (any element of group 17) · ru галоге́н (any element of group 17) · el αλογόνο (any element of group 17) · yue 鹵素 /卤素 (any element of group 17) · de Halogen (any element of group 17) · pl halogen (any element of group 17) · it alogeno (any element of group 17) · nn halogen (any element of group 17) · mi kōnakonako (a light fixture) · af halogeen (any element of group 17) · ast halóxenu (any element of group 17) · mi whāpāhare (any element of group 17) · kk галоген (any element of group 17) · fr halogène (any element of group 17) · la halogenus (any element of group 17) · ca halogen (any element of group 17) · io halogeno (any element of group 17) · ro halogen (any element of group 17) · lv halogēni (any element of group 17) · cmn 鹵族 /卤族 (any element of group 17) · lv sāļraži (any element of group 17) · nl halogeen (any element of group 17) · ja ハロゲン (any element of group 17) · uk галоґе́н (any element of group 17) · cmn 鹵素 /卤素 (any element of group 17) · gl halóxeno (any element of group 17) · eo halogeno (any element of group 17) · fa هالوژن (any element of group 17) · fi halogeeni (any element of group 17)