Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bromine

Bromine ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Greek {not transcribed} bad smell, stink. Compare Brome.]

(Chemistry) One of the halogen 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.