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halogen

[hal-uh-juhn, -jen, hey-luh-] / ˈhæl ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn, ˈheɪ lə- /
NOUN
chlorine
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The beam is whiter, more focused and brighter than the more diffuse light from halogen lamps fitted in older cars.

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

"Overall, our study highlights the potential for utilizing halogen bonds for fine-tuned functional control in photo-active supramolecular systems, with applications in fast multilevel optical data storage."

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

However, the influence of halogen bonds on the rapid photoinduced changes within supramolecular systems remains largely unexplored due to a lack of experimental techniques that can directly observe the halogen bond in action.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the texture of the clouds—to stand out in brilliant relief.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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