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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

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

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

The housing for halogen bulbs is not compatible with LED bulbs, and a retrofitted car will not pass its annual MOT check-up.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

Luke held the door, and they both squinted into the bright halogen of the store.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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

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

Trends in observed melting and boiling points for the halogens clearly demonstrate this effect, as seen in Table 10.1.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The lignone complex reacts, by its unsaturated groups, with the halogens.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various




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