bromination

English

Etymology

From bromine +‎ -ation.

Noun

bromination (plural brominations)

  1. (chemistry) Any reaction which introduces a bromine atom into a compound.
    Antonym: debromination
    Hypernym: halogenation
    Hyponyms: monobromination, oxybromination, perbromination
    Coordinate terms: chlorination, fluorination, iodination

Derived terms

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