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Nonmetal

Nonmetal Meaning & Definition
Nonmetal Definition And Meaning

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

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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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