Chem. [f. FLUOR + -INE, after the analogy of BROMINE, CHLORINE, etc.] A non-metallic element (symbol F), forming, with bromine, chlorine, and iodine, the halogen group.
1813. Sir H. Davy, in Phil. Trans., CIII. 278. It appears reasonable to conclude that there exists in the fluoric compounds a peculiar substance … it may be denominated fluorine, a name suggested to me by M. Ampère.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 13. All the elements, with the single exception of fluorine, combine with oxygen to form oxides.
