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See Bromine.

A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid.

A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.

A conventional comment or saying, such as those characteristic of bromides. [Slang]

See Bromate, v. t.

One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It…

A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate.

A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite.

ving an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform i…

Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.

Poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds.

Treated with bromides and iodides.

A crystalline substance (chemically, tribromophenol, C6H2Br3OH), used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

lorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also brompikrin.]

See Bromide. [Obs.]

Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite.