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<chemistry> An electronegative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
Origin: Gr. "als, "alos, salt + -gen: cf. F. Halogene.
(01 Mar 1998)
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