bromine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
    atomic number 35; Br.

WordNet

Bro"mine noun
Etymology
Gr. bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) 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.

Webster 1913