| NOUN | substance | halogen | any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions |
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| Sounds | hhae'lahjhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions. | |
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| Narrower | astatine, At, atomic number 85 | A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series) |
| bromine, Br, atomic number 35 | A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens | |
| chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17 | A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens | |
| fluorine, F, atomic number 9 | A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens | |
| iodine, iodin, I, atomic number 53 | A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens | |
| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
| Spanish | halógeno | |
| Catalan | halogen | |
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