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• fluor
  fluor

  noun

  fluorite.
• fluor-
  fluor-

  combining form

  a variant of fluoro-

fluor

American  

[floo-awr, -er] / ˈflu ɔr, -ər /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. fluorite.

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fluor- ¹ British  

combining form

1. a variant of fluoro-

   fluorene

   fluorine

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fluor ² British  

/ ˈfluːɔː /

noun

1. another name for fluorspar

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Etymology

Origin of fluor

First recorded in 1615–25, fluor is from the Latin word fluor a flowing; so called from its use as a flux

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Example Sentences

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fluor

The fluor is believed to make skis faster as it creates a layer that repels moisture and dirt.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

In the folds of Mexico's hills lie great deposits of antimony, manganese, mercury, tungsten, fluor spar, molybdenum.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have in Mexico considerable manganese ore and fluor spar, as well, two articles found in very small quantities in the United States.

From Time Magazine Archive

M. M. Metallic injections, partial cold bath, internal method as in the fluor albus above described.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

This deportment of fluor spar determined Stokes in his choice of a name for his great discovery: he called this rendering visible of the ultra-violet rays Fluorescence.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

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