Found 2 items, similar to bromine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bromine bromine n : a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water [syn: Br, atomic number 35]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bromine Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? 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. [1913 Webster]