Nonmetal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nonmetal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nonmetal adj not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "nonmetallic elements" Synonym(s): nonmetallic, nonmetal Antonym(s): metal(a), metallic n a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
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.