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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

Example Sentences

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

Korable, remarkable for its many caverns, studded with crystals of translucent quartz and amethyst, the former, together with fluor and heavy spar, being met with, too, in the eastern parts of the mountain.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

The nitrous acid may be exhibited in the form of air, as well as the vitriolic, the marine, and the fluor acids.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph