boron
English
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Etymology
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
Noun
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
terms derived from boron
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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single atom
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References
- Boron on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
See also
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
boron
- accusative singular of boro
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boron
Malay
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B | |
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English boron.
Pronunciation
Noun
boron (Jawi spelling بورون)
- boron (chemical element)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.
Verb
borōn
- to bore
Conjugation
Conjugation of borōn (weak class 2)
infinitive | borōn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | borōm, borōn | borōta |
2nd person singular | borōs, borōst | borōtōs, borōtōst |
3rd person singular | borōt | borōta |
1st person plural | borōm, borōmēs | borōtum, borōtumēs |
2nd person plural | borōt | borōtut |
3rd person plural | borōnt | borōtun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | boro | borōti |
2nd person singular | borōs, borōst | borōtīs |
3rd person singular | boro | borōti |
1st person plural | borōm, borōmēs | borōtīm, borōtīmēs |
2nd person plural | borōt | borōtīt |
3rd person plural | borōn | borōtīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | boro | |
plural | borōt | |
participle | present | past |
borōnti | giborōt |
Descendants
- German: bohren
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