ˈbrōˌmēn, -_mə̇n noun
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Etymology: French brome bromine + English -ine — more at brom-
: a nonmetallic chiefly univalent and pentavalent element belonging to the halogens that is normally a deep red corrosive toxic liquid giving off an irritating reddish brown vapor of disagreeable odor, that occurs naturally only in combination in minute quantities in sea water and in many salt lakes, brines, and salt deposits from all of which it can be recovered (as by oxidation with chlorine and driving out of the bromine vapor by steam or air), and that is used chiefly in the manufacture of bromine compounds (as ethylene dibromide for antiknock gasoline), dyes, and pharmaceuticals — symbol Br ; see element table