About The Word Nonmetal
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Nonmetal
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What's The Definition Of Nonmetal?
[n] a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
[adj] not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements" Synonyms | Synonyms for Nonmetal: metalloid | nonmetallic Related Terms | Find terms related to Nonmetal: See Also | chemical element | element Nonmetal In Webster's Dictionary \Non"met`al\, n. (Chem.)
Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the
metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic
properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine
are nonmetals.
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