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halogen

/ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/

halogen noun: any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.

Noun

halogen (plural halogens)

  1. Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
    • Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition.2024 November, “Chemical Decomposition, Fire, and Toxic Gas Release at Bio-Lab, Inc.”, in U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation...
  2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

halogen meaning in Tamil, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese

halogen in Tamil

உப்பாக்கி

halogen in Persian

any element of group 17
هالوژن hâložen

halogen in Thai

any element of group 17
แฮโลเจน

halogen in Vietnamese

any element of group 17
halôgen

Forms of halogen

pluralhalogens

Plural of halogen: halogens

Origin of halogen

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).

Words formed from halogen

Phrases with halogen

Questions about halogen

What does halogen mean?
Halogen means any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
What is halogen in Tamil?
Halogen in Tamil is உப்பாக்கி. See Halogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is halogen?
Halogen is a noun.
How do you pronounce halogen?
Halogen is pronounced /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/.
What is the plural of halogen?
The plural of halogen is halogens.

Words near halogen in the dictionary

  1. haloforms
  2. halofugidone
  3. halofuginone
  4. halofuran
  5. halofurans
  6. halogen
  7. halogen lamp
  8. halogen lamps
  9. halogen oven
  10. halogen ovens
  11. halogen stove

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: halogen (page history and authors); halogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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