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fluorine

fluo·rine

US/ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin/ fairly common

noun

Origin

From Latin fluor (“flow”) + -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.

Phrases

  • fluorine absorption dating
  • fluorine dating
  • fluorine method
  • fluorine oxide
  • fluorine test

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