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fluorin

fluorin is the archaic form of fluorine.

Meaning of fluorine

Noun

fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)

  1. (uncountable) 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
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Forms of fluorin

pluralfluorins

Questions about fluorin

What is fluorin the archaic form of?
Fluorin is the archaic form of fluorine.

Words near fluorin in the dictionary

  1. fluorimeters
  2. fluorimetric
  3. fluorimetrically
  4. fluorimetries
  5. fluorimetry
  6. fluorin
  7. fluorinase
  8. fluorinases
  9. fluorinate
  10. fluorinated
  11. fluorinates

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