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English[edit]
Chemical element | |
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B | |
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Next: carbon (C) |
Etymology[edit]
From the stem of borax + -on (“ending used to form names of substances”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)
- The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.
- 1976, Allen M[yron] Alper, editor, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology (Refractory Materials; 6), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 106:
- The B6-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.
- A single atom of this element.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from boron
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Translations[edit]
chemical element
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References[edit]
- Boron on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
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Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
boron
- accusative singular of boro
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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boron
Malay[edit]
Chemical element | |
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B | |
Previous: berilium (Be) | |
Next: karbon (C) |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boron (Jawi spelling بورون)
- boron (chemical element)
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.
Verb[edit]
borōn
- to bore
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of borōn (weak class 2)
infinitive | borōn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | borom | borota |
2nd person singular | boros | borotos |
3rd person singular | borot | borota |
1st person plural | borom, boromes | borotum, borotumes |
2nd person plural | borot | borotut |
3rd person plural | boront | borotun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | boro | boroti |
2nd person singular | boros | borotis |
3rd person singular | boro | boroti |
1st person plural | borom, boromes | borotim, borotimes |
2nd person plural | borot | borotit |
3rd person plural | boron | borotin |
imperative | present | |
singular | boro | |
plural | borot | |
participle | present | past |
boronti | giborot |
Descendants[edit]
- German: bohren
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