English to English
nonmetal
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adjective (a)
- not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal(adj.all)Example:
Nonmetallic elements.
source: wordnet30
noun (n)
- a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913