halogen

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Greek ἅλς ‘salt’ + -gen ‘produce’.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈhæləʤɛn/

[edit] Noun

Singular
halogen

Plural
halogens

halogen (plural halogens)

  1. (chemistry) Any element of group 7, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

Personal tools