Definitions | halogen |
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- (chemistry) Any element of group 7, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.
Translations: - Dutch: halogeen
- French: halogène
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- German: Halogen
- Italian: alogeno
- Spanish: halógeno
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Etymology: From Greek á "salt" + -gen "produce".
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