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boron

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English

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Chemical element (edit)
B
Atomic number 5
boron
Classification data
Period 2
Group 13
Block p-block
Class metalloid
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English Wikipedia article on Boron
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polycrystalline chunks of β-rhombohedral boron

Etymology

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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 carbōnemlbor.
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.

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    Noun

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    boron (usually uncountable, plural borons)

    2. 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.
      • 2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN‎[1]:
        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.
    3. An atom of this element.
      • 2001 August 10, J. Akimitsu, K. Takenawa, K. Suzuki, H. Harima, Y. Kuramoto, “High-Temperature Ferromagnetism in CaB2C2”, in Science‎[2], volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1125–1127:
        For each X point, four borons in the same plane composing a B6 cluster provide these orbitals.

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    Cornish

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    Chemical element (edit)
    B
    Atomic number 5
    boron
    Classification data
    Period 2
    Group 13
    Block p-block
    Class metalloid
    Previous: ← berylliom (Be)
    Next: karbon (C) →
    Cornish Wikipedia article on Boron

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English boron.

    Noun

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    boron m (uncountable)

    1. boron

    Mutation

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    Mutation of boron
    radical soft aspirate hard mixed
    boron voron unchanged poron foron,
    voron*

    * after 'th
    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Esperanto

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    Noun

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    boron

    1. accusative of boro

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    bor +‎ -on

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈboron]
    • Hyphenation: bo‧ron

    Noun

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    boron

    1. superessive singular of bor

    Indonesian

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    Chemical element (edit)
    B
    Atomic number 5
    boron
    Classification data
    Period 2
    Group 13
    Block p-block
    Class metalloid
    Previous: ← berilium (Be)
    Next: karbon (C) →

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Internationalism.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    boron (plural boron-boron)

    2. (chemistry) boron

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    Malay

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    Chemical element (edit)
    B
    Atomic number 5
    boron
    Classification data
    Period 2
    Group 13
    Block p-block
    Class metalloid
    Previous: ← berilium (Be)
    Next: karbon (C) →

    Etymology

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    From English boron.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    boron (Jawi spelling بورون, plural boron-boron or boron2)

    1. boron (chemical element)

    Maltese

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    Chemical element (edit)
    B
    Atomic number 5
    boron
    Classification data
    Period 2
    Group 13
    Block p-block
    Class metalloid
    Previous: ← berillju (Be)
    Next: karbonju (C) →

    Etymology

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    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 carbōnemlbor.
    French carbonebor.
    English carbonbf.
    English -on
    English boronbor.
    Maltese boron

      Borrowed from English boron.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      boron m

      1. (chemistry) boron

      Old High German

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną, whence also Old English borian, Old Norse bora.

      Verb

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      borōn

      1. to bore

      Conjugation

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      Conjugation of borōn (weak class 2)
      infinitive borōn
      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

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      • German: bohren

      Welsh

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      Chemical element (edit)
      B
      Atomic number 5
      boron
      Classification data
      Period 2
      Group 13
      Block p-block
      Class metalloid
      Previous: ← beryliwm (Be)
      Next: carbon (C) →
      Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia cy
      Talpiau polygrisialog o foron β-rhombohedrol

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from English boron, from borax, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag).

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      Noun

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      boron m (uncountable)

      1. boron

      Derived terms

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      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of boron
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      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

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      • 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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