halogen
About 0.69 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
- noun A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.
Similar words
halide halogenated tungsten halogenide dihalogen halogenite chlorine radiohalogen organohalogen halogenohydrocarbon
Often followed by
atoms compounds atom lamp lamps and derivatives is acids
Word family
halogenous halogens
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