boron
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English [edit]
| Chemical element | |
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| B | Previous: beryllium (Be) |
| Next: carbon (C) | |
Etymology [edit]
From stem of borax + -on (“ending used to form names of substances”)
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧ron
Noun [edit]
boron (usually uncountable; plural borons)
- The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5; a metalloid
- 1976, Allen M. Alper, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology, page 106:
- The B6-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms
- 2001 August 10, J. Akimitsu et al., “High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB2C2”[1], Science, volume 293, number 5532, DOI:10.1126/science.1061501, pages 1125-1127:
- For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B 6 cluster provide these orbitals.
- 1976, Allen M. Alper, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology, page 106:
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from boron
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
chemical element
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Esperanto [edit]
Noun [edit]
boron
- accusative singular of boro
Malay [edit]
| Chemical element | |
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| B | Previous: berilium (Be) |
| Next: karbon (C) | |
Etymology [edit]
From English boron.
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
boron (Jawi spelling بورون)
- boron (chemical element)
Old High German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.
Verb [edit]
borōn
- to bore
Descendants [edit]
- German: bohren
