(chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine, which form a salt by direct union with a metal.

(chemistry) Of a compound: containing a halogen as part of the molecule.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halogenate

present participle of halogenate

plural of halogen

(chemistry, transitive) to treat with, or react with, a halogen or a hydrohalic acid

(chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.

(chemistry) Treated or reacted with a halogen. / (chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen.

simple past tense and past participle of halogenate

plural of halogenation