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fluorine

noun

In Latin: fluorum Coined: 1813, by Humphry Davy Wiktionary

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  1. The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
    an octahedron of fluorines
  2. An atom of this element.

Origin

From Latin fluor (“flow”) + English -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.

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