Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nonmetal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nonmetal \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nonmetal
adj : not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal;
"nonmetallic elements" [syn: {nonmetallic}] [ant: {metallic}]
n : a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
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