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Chemical element
F
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From Latin fluor (flow) +‎ -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.

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  • (General American) enPR: flo͝or'ēn′, -ĭn, IPA(key): /ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin, -ɪn/; enPR: flôr'ēn′, -ĭn, IPA(key): /ˈfloɹˌin, -ɪn/
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fluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)

 
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  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.
    Hypernym: halogen
  2. (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
    an octahedron of fluorines

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fluorine f (plural fluorines)

  1. fluorite

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fluorine (first-person possessive fluorineku, second-person possessive fluorinemu, third-person possessive fluorinenya)

  1. fluorin