Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bromine \Bro"mine\, n. [Gr. ? bad smell, stink. Cf. {Brome}.]
(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.
Source : WordNet®
bromine
n : a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive
dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens;
found in sea water [syn: {Br}, {atomic number 35}]