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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

This process allows researchers to control which halogen atoms, including chlorine, bromine, or iodine, attach to the surface.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

The study also shows that changing the type of halogen on the surface alters how MXenes interact with electromagnetic waves.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 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

This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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

Researchers also found that halogens interact with oil field emissions to form free radicals, which later become more stable compounds capable of traveling long distances.

From Science Daily Dec. 29, 2025

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

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

The other halogens may not form analogous compounds.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Then it was just a matter of stringing out the cables for the clip-on halogens whose beams he took care to scatter off the ceilings to keep the glare to a minimum.

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory




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