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English noun: fluorine

1. fluorine (substance) a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite


Synonymsatomic number 9, F


Broader (hypernym)chemical element, element, gas, halogen


Substance meronymcryolite, fluor, fluorapatite, fluorite, fluorspar, Greenland spar









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