nonmetal

Pronunciation:		'nân`metl
	Sponsored Links:

Matching Terms:		nonmetallic, nonmetamorphic, nonmetastatic
WordNet Dictionary

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

	Synonyms:	metalloid, nonmetallic

	Antonyms:	metal(a), metallic

	See Also:	chemical element, element

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.