nonmetal Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
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adjective not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal
nonmetallic.
- nonmetallic elements
WordNet
Non"met`al noun
Definitions
(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
