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erm is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology. General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts, or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which the group i…

Composed of hydrogen and bromine; as, hydrobromic acid. Hydrobromic acid (Chem.), a colorless, pungent, corrosive gas, HBr, usually collected as a solution in water. It resembles hydrochloric acid, but is weaker and less stable. Called also hydrogen bromide.

pound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base.

operties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids.

Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.

or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.

A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.

A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.

A colorless crystalline substance prepared by the reaction of carbolic acid with bromine.