(chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.

(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.

fluorine dating

(archaeology) A technique used to date bones by measuring the amount of fluorine absorbed from the surrounding soil.

(chemistry) oxygen fluoride

fluorine dating

plural of fluorine test

plural of fluorine oxide

(physics) The only stable isotope of fluorine, ¹⁹₉F; it has nine protons and ten neutrons

(physics) An artificial radioisotope of fluorine, ¹⁸₉F, having 9 protons and 9 neutrons, that is an important industrial source of positrons