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

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This happens, for example, when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections of light.

From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by John Clark Ridpath

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