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Webster 1913 Edition
Bromine
Bro′mine
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] 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.