"fluor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fluɔɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fluor.wav Forms: fluors [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Borrowed from Latin fluor. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:fluor|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Borrowed from Latin fluor. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fluor (countable and uncountable, plural fluors)
  1. (dated) The mineral fluorite. Wikidata QID: Q102151 Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fluor-en-noun-en:Q102151
  2. (obsolete) A flow or flux. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fluor-en-noun-ZYsWtxpZ
  3. (obsolete, in the plural) Menstrual periods. Tags: countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: flowers
    Sense id: en-fluor-en-noun-3ZxyqPIO Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 23 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 3 9 88 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 3 9 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 92 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 9 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 23 entries: 2 6 87 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 93 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 3 11 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluor albus, fluorine, fluorite, fluoroid, fluorspar Related terms: fluoranthene, fluorescence, fluorophor, fluorophore, fluorosis, fluor-

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluorine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluorite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluoroid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluorspar"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluoranthene"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluorescence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fluorophor"
    },
    {
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      "word": "fluorophore"
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    {
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      "word": "fluorosis"
    },
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        "A flow or flux."
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        "Menstrual periods."
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    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    {
      "word": "fluorine"
    },
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      "word": "fluoroid"
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      "word": "fluorspar"
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    },
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      "word": "fluorophor"
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      "word": "fluorophore"
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