boron
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the stem of borax + -on (ending used to form names of substances). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy as a modification of his earlier word boracium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: bôr'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
- Hyphenation: bo‧ron
Noun
[edit]boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)
- 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.
- 1976, Allen M[yron] Alper, editor, Phase Diagrams: Materials Science and Technology (Refractory Materials; 6), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 106:
- 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.
- A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
[edit]- aluminium boron oxide
- borole
- boron-10
- boron-11
- boron arsenide
- boronation
- boron carbide
- boron chloride
- boron deficiency
- boron fluoride
- boron group
- boron hydride
- boronic
- boronic
- boronic acid
- boron iodide
- boronlike
- boron nitride
- boronolectin
- boron orthophosphate
- boron oxide
- boron phosphate
- boron phosphide
- boron sulfide, boron sulphide
- boron tree
- boron tribromide
- boron trichloride
- boron trifluoride
- boron triiodide
- boron trioxide
- boron triphosphide
- borophene
- boryl
- diboron
- eka-boron
- ekaboron
- ferroboron
- nonboron
- organoboron
- radioboron
- tetraboron
- triethylboron
Related terms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Boron on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]boron m
Mutation
[edit]unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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boron | voron | unchanged | poron | foron | voron |
Esperanto
[edit]Noun
[edit]boron
- accusative singular of boro
Hungarian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]boron
Malay
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[edit]Noun
[edit]boron (Jawi spelling بورون, plural boron-boron, informal 1st possessive boronku, 2nd possessive boronmu, 3rd possessive boronnya)
- boron (chemical element)
Maltese
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[edit]Noun
[edit]boron m
Old High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.
Verb
[edit]borōn
- to bore
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | borōn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | borōm, borōn | borōta |
2nd person singular | borōs, borōst | borōtōs, borōtōst |
3rd person singular | borōt | borōta |
1st person plural | borōm, borōmēs | borōtum, borōtumēs |
2nd person plural | borōt | borōtut |
3rd person plural | borōnt | borōtun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | boro | borōti |
2nd person singular | borōs, borōst | borōtīs |
3rd person singular | boro | borōti |
1st person plural | borōm, borōmēs | borōtīm, borōtīmēs |
2nd person plural | borōt | borōtīt |
3rd person plural | borōn | borōtīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | boro | |
plural | borōt | |
participle | present | past |
borōnti | giborōt |
Descendants
[edit]- German: bohren
Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English boron, from borax, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈboːrɔn/, /ˈbɔrɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔrɔn
Noun
[edit]boron m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]- boron nitrid (“boron nitride”)
- boron nitrid ciwbig (“cubic boron nitride”)
- boron nitrid hecsagonol (“hexagonal boron nitride”)
- boron trifflworid (“boron trifluoride”)
- nanodiwb boron nitrideg (“boron nitride nanotub(ul)e”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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boron | foron | moron | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “boron”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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