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Nonmetal

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Noun

1. nonmetal

a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties

Adjective

2. nonmetal, nonmetallic

not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

Example Sentences:
'nonmetallic elements'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nonmetal

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noun
any of a number of chemical elements that form negative ions, have acidic oxides, and are generally poor conductors of heat and electricity

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Nonmetal

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noun
any of those elements lacking the characteristics of a metal; specif., any of the electronegative elements (e.g., oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur) whose oxides form acids and stable compounds with hydrogen

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nonmetal

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n.
Any of a number of elements, such as oxygen or sulfur, that lack the physical and chemical properties of metals.

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