Definitions for: Nonmetal

[n] a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
[adj] not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: metalloid, nonmetallic

Antonyms: metal(a), metallic

See Also: chemical element, element

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