"fluor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fluɔɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fluor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fluors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin fluor. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fluor}} Latin fluor Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fluor (countable and uncountable, plural fluors)
  1. (dated) The mineral fluorite. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Synonyms: See fluorite.
    Sense id: en-fluor-en-noun-0mZMhyOr
  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 incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 4 72
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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