Definition of Halogenous

1. a. Of the nature of a halogen.

Definition of Halogenous

1. Adjective. (chemistry) describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule. ¹

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Definition of Halogenous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halogenous

halogen
halogen acne
halogen lamp
halogen lamps
halogen oven
halogen ovens
halogen stove
halogen stoves
halogenate
halogenated
halogenates
halogenating
halogenation
halogenations
halogenoderma
halogenous (current term)
halogens
halogetons
halohydric
halohydrin
halohydrins
halohydroxylation
haloid
haloids
haloimide
haloimides
haloing
halolike
halomancy
halometer

Literary usage of Halogenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"In a binary compound, — such as chloride of potassium,— there reside two attractive powers, opposite in their nature ; namely, the halogenous affinity of ..."

2. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1861)
"Thus iron is negative or halogenous to all in the fourth column, and all below it in the third, carbon is positive or ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1892)
"The Mechanical Contrast between the Radicle Cyanogen and the halogenous Elements. — G. Hin- richs.—The author seeks to show that the monovalent radicle of ..."

4. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"The halogenous and nitro-halogenous derivations of fluoresceine are colouring matters highly valued as ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemical Terms by James Fitton Couch (1920)
"I. Halides. 2. Halogen substitution products of organic compounds. halogenous. (Haloid.) Pertaining to or containing a halogen. ..."

6. The American eclectic materia medica and therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1885)
"The halogenous bodies, some of the combustible metalloids, the acids, ... The halogenous bodies (chlorine, bromine and iodine) abstract hydrogen and unite ..."

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