Brō'mine, n.

n. [N. Lat. bromium, from Gr. βρῶμος, bad smell, stink, so called from its odor.] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. It is found in minute quantities in sea-water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in an ore of silver found in Chili. Dunn.