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boron

noun

  1. element with atomic number 5
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/ / /bo.rɔn/

name

Etymology: * As a Polish surname, pet form of Borzysław, Borzymir, formed from obsolete bor (“to fight”), from Proto-Slavic *borti. * As a French surname, from a placename in Franche-Comté. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Baron. * The placename in California is from the element boron.

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax English boro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English boron From the stem of borax (boro-) + -on (based on carbon). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.

  1. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

    “The B₆-type octahedral borons are each bonded to five other boron atoms; four are part of the same octahedron, and one is external to this octahedron.”

    “PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.”

  2. An atom of this element.

    “For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B₆ cluster provide these orbitals.”