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halogen

[hal-uh-juhn, -jen, hey-luh-] / ˈhæl ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn, ˈheɪ lə- /
NOUN
chlorine
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He did a more-than-competent job—he was Rossini after all—but the result always reminds me of shining a halogen light into a place of hallowed dim.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Also, LED lights "are a lot more directional, so you've got this much brighter, whiter light in a very directional point hitting your eye compared to the more diffuse halogen ones".

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

Furthermore, to elucidate the role of the halogen bonds in the above-mentioned photoinduced sequential dynamics, the researchers conducted quantum chemistry calculations using the ultrafast electron diffraction results.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

The halogen bulbs were still installed, but the wires had come loose during Artemis’s investigations.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

By combining different halide salts, researchers created MXenes with two or even three types of surface halogens in carefully controlled proportions.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

Firstly, they are two to three times as bright as traditional halogens, and their "colour temperature" is bluer and whiter, which mimics natural daylight.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

A team from France and Germany has now studied the rapid decay of molecules containing halogens.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

In this section, we will examine the occurrence, preparation, and properties of halogens.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The compounds of the last three elements of the family are found extensively in sea water, and on this account the name halogens, signifying "producers of sea salt," is sometimes applied to the family.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William




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