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Nonmetal
Non′metˊal
,Noun.
(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
Definition 2024
nonmetal
nonmetal
See also: non-métal
English
Alternative forms
- non-metal
Noun
nonmetal (plural nonmetals)
- (chemistry) an element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal