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Definition of bromine : One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79. 8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

Synonyms:

atomic number 35, Br

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Usage examples:

• Taking a rod of silver, we may beat out one end into the form of a hollow cup, sensitising the inside by exposing it for a short time to vapour of bromine. - "Response in the Living and Non-Living", Jagadis Chunder Bose.
• Sea water is composed of the same gases, with the addition of muriate of soda, magnesia, iron, lime, sulphur, copper, silex, potash, chlorine, iodine, bromine, ammonia, and silver. - "The Ocean and its Wonders", R.M. Ballantyne.
• There are small deposits of such things as bromine trifluoride, but these have no great importance. - "Uller Uprising", Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr.